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Inside Art: Why the Art Institute Calls Them Classics

Select Wednesdays
October 16, 2013–June 18, 2014
1:00 p.m.
Fullerton Hall
$180 for full series, $12 per lecture

The popular member-only lecture series returns for another season. This year, we focus on icons of the museum's spectacular collection in our journey around the world through the history of art.

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Rooms with a View in the United States
  October 16 The Thorne Rooms and the Fascination with Miniatures
  October 23 Homespun: Bed Cover (Bed Rugg) and American Folk Art
  November 13 American Gothic and American Modern
  November 20 Kerry James Marshall’s Many Mansions and American Contemporary Art
Illuminating Moments in European Art
  December 18 Bartolomeo Manfredi’s Cupid Chastised and the Dazzling Baroque
  January 15 Fallen Warrior and the Ideals of Ancient Greece
  January 22 Sandro Botticelli’s Madonna and Christ Child and the Renaissance Revolution
  February 19 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s Rinaldo and Armida and Rococo Sensuality
Around the World
  February 26 The Coronation Stone and Ancient Empires of the Americas
  March 19 Shiva Nataraja and the Vast Array of Hindu Gods and Goddesses
  March 26 Seated Buddha and the Networks of the Silk Road
  April 16 The Seat of Power: Veranda Post and African Sculpture
Modern Times
  April 23 The Return of Antiquity: Londonderry Vase and Neoclassicism
  May 21 Home Sweet Home: The Art Institute and Chicago Architecture
  May 28 Connecting the Dots: Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte and the Age of Impressionism
  June 18 The Power of the Photograph: Margaret Bourke-White’s World’s Highest Standard of Living
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