Degas: Reactionary radical
Degas was a master of many different media – many of which he invented himself. And above all, he was a genius. Join us to discover how.
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About this event
How to describe Degas? Prickly and disarming; self important and genial; conceited but encouraging to others; conservative yet utterly radical.
No, even his friends didn’t know how to describe him or deal with him. And yet the best of them kept faith with him until the end, despite much provocation.
He’s the Impressionist who’s not really an Impressionist – and certainly didn’t like the term – despite being a contributor to most of their exhibitions. He was a master of many different media – many of which he invented himself. And above all, he was a genius.
Yes – really, truly: a genius.
Coping with failing eyesight from at least his 30s, Degas discovered ways to find the sublime in the interior. The circus, the opera, the café concert, the ballet, and its practice rooms. These were his landscapes, and we are the richer for that.
No preparation or reading is required.
No exams, no homework - just entertaining, informative, and accessible learning for pleasure.
You can join us 'live' via Zoom and/or watch recordings of the lectures on demand.
Delivery:
A 5-hour lecture-based course, delivered via 2 x 2½-hour sessions on consecutive Saturdays:
Saturday 1 November, 10:30-13:00, UK time
Saturday 8 November, 10:30-13:00, UK time
The course will be delivered via 2 live Zoom sessions, and include opportunity for questions and discussion.
Recordings of the lecture elements of each session (with discussion elements edited out for GDPR reasons) will also be available – posted within 48 hours of each session, and available on demand for 2 weeks thereafter.
Frequently asked questions
No problem! We record all of our courses. Recordings are usually posted within 48 hours of broadcast, and available for 2 weeks thereafter (officially. Let us know if you'd like them to be available beyond that). NB Recordings are shorter than the live sessions, but all lecture content is included.
Absolutely! We take Q&As before a 10-minute break at approx. half-time, and there's also time at the end of each session. Sometimes we have very lively Q&A sessions, and sometimes there's just a screen of happy faces. Either's fine by us, and it's not compulsory to join in if you don't want to.
Don't worry! Our recordings just show the slides, plus Robert in a little window. To comply with data privacy (& any squeamishness!), we edit out all personal details - i.e. pre-session chats and Q&A sections - and retain all the actual content.
Good question! We've set up a YouTube channel, with snippets from previous courses, to help you to work that out. You'll find them from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfNz_GwYH-g
We’re new to Eventbrite, so I know that I may not have thought of everything you might like to ask. Do please email me at robert@wrighthistory.uk and we'll take it from there!
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