Brilliant Works of the Dutch Golden Age - Kerrin Meis

Brilliant Works of the Dutch Golden Age Kerrin Meis Wednesdays, 2-- 4 p.m. April 3--May 8, 2013 To celebrate the de Young Museum's exhibit Girl with a Pearl Earring, study masterpieces representing a range of subjects and techniques from the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century. Gain insight into the political, economic, and technological innovations that inspired artists to new heights, including a turn from religious themes to secular subjects such as portraits of ordinary people and scenes of everyday life. Discuss renowned artists —including Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt, Carel Fabritius, and Jan Steen —as well as the Caravaggisti, Dutch Mannerists, and the great chroniclers of the Dutch home. Recommended readings include Simon Schama's masterful The Embarrassment of Riches. Kerrin Meis has taught art history at San Francisco State University, the College of Marin, and OLLI at Dominican. She lectures for Road Scholar, the College of Marin's emeritus program, and Humanities West in San Francisco, and teaches art history classes at Book Passage in Corte Madera. An expert in 15th- through 19th-century European painting, Meis recently taught a class on the exhibition Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Van Otterloo Collection. For more information, visit http://olli.berkeley.edu