Can the Canon Be Changed? Author's Art History Course by Przemysław Głowacki

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Can the canon be changed? Author's art history course by Przemysław Głowacki 📅 1st semester: October 14 – February 17 📅 2nd semester: February 24 – May 26 We invite you to unique meetings with art in the 2025/2026 school year! As part of the original series of lectures by art historian Przemysław Głowacki, we will delve into the fascinating history of painting, sculpture, and architecture—from prehistory to the present day. Our meetings will be an opportunity to hear about the most important movements and styles, famous works, and renowned artists. The lectures will allow participants not only to organize their knowledge but also to discover the broader context of the creation of works and their significance in history. We will also consider to what extent the accepted canon changes and how it has changed recently. Special attention will be given to women artists, whose work, forgotten for years, is now being rediscovered. The course will be an excellent aid for students planning to take the art history matriculation exam or preparing to apply to art schools. We also warmly invite all those interested in art and who appreciate its beauty. After participating in the series of meetings, everyone will be able to better understand works of art and notice details that usually escape us during a cursory viewing. And for museum and art gallery enthusiasts, visiting exhibitions will certainly become even more satisfying. Przemysław Głowacki's original lectures will be a great starting point for reflection on art, its transformations over the centuries, and the expansion of the existing canon. Can it be changed? About the author of the series: Przemysław Głowacki is an art historian, academic lecturer, teacher, and museum educator who has been popularizing knowledge about art for years. He teaches, among others, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and collaborates with many cultural institutions. Previously, he worked at the National Museum in Warsaw, where he served as deputy head of the Education Department. In 2007, he received the "Meritorious for Polish Culture" badge. He runs a website dedicated to art and exhibitions https://artdone.pl 🎟️ tickets: - a pass covering one semester (12 lectures) is required - semester passes at the price of 230 PLN can be purchased from September 6 at the ticket offices of the Royal Łazienki Museum (in Podchorążówka, the Old Orangery, and Kubicki Stables) or online: link available soon 📅 when: - lectures are held on Tuesdays ⏰ time: - classes are held in two groups at 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM - duration of one lecture: approx. 75 minutes - the pass is valid only for the selected time, declared at purchase 📍 where: - location: Kubicki Stables in the Royal Łazienki. How to get there: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JibpM4rRGH1bqg1b9 The newly renovated Stables building is located 150 meters from the Myślewicki Palace. Topics of the classes 1st semester - 14.10 Not only Nefertiti. The first civilizations - 21.10 Between the Parthenon and the Pantheon. Ancient art - 04.11 Not only Notre Dame. Medieval art - 18.11 From Donatello to Leonardo. Quattrocento art - 25.11 From Raphael to Tintoretto. Cinquecento art - 02.12 Not only Albrecht Dürer. The Northern Renaissance - 09.12 Giuseppe Arcimboldo and others. What is Mannerism? - 16.12 Not only Caravaggio. Baroque in Italy - 13.01 Rembrandt and Rubens. Dutch and Flemish art - (winter break) - 03.02 Strange cases of 18th-century art - 10.02 Not only Gustave Courbet. Realism and realisms - 17.02 Impressionism. The most important movement in art? 2nd semester - 24.02 Between Gauguin and Horta. Symbolisms and Art Nouveau - 03.03 Not only Vincent van Gogh. Expressionism - 10.03 From Bacciarelli to Weiss. Polish art under partitions - 17.03 Not only Pablo Picasso. Cubism - 31.03 Futurism and 20th-century avant-gardes - 07.04 From Chagall to New Objectivity. Interwar figuration - 14.04 From Duchamp to Picabia. Troubles with Dadaism - 21.04 Not only Salvador Dalí. Surrealists and surrealist women - 05.05 Not only Jackson Pollock. Abstraction and expression after the war - 12.05 Representational art strikes back. Pop art and nouveau réalisme - 19.05 Modernism and something more? 20th-century architecture - 26.05 When does contemporary art begin? Welcome! --- illustration: Lady in Turkish costume with fan, Liotard, Jean-Étienne (1702-1789), painter