Picasso in Paris
Tentative Course Itinerary
First class meeting: 1800 Saturday in the lobby of the Hotel Bellevue et du Chariot d'Or (39 rue de Turbigo in Paris)
| Day 1 (Saturday) | Student Arrival - Hotel Bellevue |
| 1800 | Introduction to the materials, methods, and each other |
| Day 2 (Sunday) | Centre Pompidou |
| 0930 | Depart Hotel Bellevue Walk to Centre Pompidou Introduction to the museum collection including an overview of Modern Art (techniques, styles, content) and Cubism (What is it? Why is it important?) |
| 1200-1400 | Lunch Time for discussion and questions |
| 1400 | Return to Pompidou Introduction to interactive art by Duchamp and Picasso |
| 1700 | Introduction to Centre Pompidou Lecture in Hotel Bellevue, with time for discussion and questions |
| 1600 | Return to Hotel Bellevue |
| 1700 | Meet in the Hotel Bellevue lecture room for a summary of the day's events Introduction to the visual journal and discussion of Monday's activities |
| 1900 | Dinner |
| Day 3 (Monday) | Centre Pompidou |
| 1000 | Depart hotel and return to Centre Pompidou Introduction to collage (breaking through the picture plane), found objects, as well as Picasso and innovative sculpture Visit to see Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle sculpture and installation. Analysis of the content and Picasso's influence |
| Day 4 (Tuesday) | In and around Paris |
| 0930 | Depart hotel. Day to explore and experiment with projects: visual journal and found objects Questions: How do you see? What do you see? Is perception reality? Is the world a palette? Is life the new art form? Think about these ideas |
| 1200-1400 | Lunch Time for discussion and questions |
| 1400-1600 | Hands-on/eyes-on: Visual journal entries Review of the course material |
| 1700 | Dinner and free time to catch up on reading, etc. |
| Day 5 (Wednesday) | Exploring Paris, Perception, and Picasso |
| 1000 | Departure from the hotel |
| 1000-1600 | An organic day to be created by you: Explore Paris, visit the Eiffel Tower, and observe the ways in which we see Seeing project: This project is designed to introduce you to Picasso, and a new way of seeing. You will select and explore sites that are interesting to you This is a free/work day. Be creative in how you use this day and have fun with your visual journal |
| 1700 | Lecture in the Hotel Bellevue including a review, group discussion, as well as sharing your experiences with the visual journal and the seeing project Final - part 1 This is a "take-home" final to be completed in the hotel and is due on Saturday at 1100 The visual journal is due Friday morning Final - part 2 This portion of the final will take place on Friday evening at the Hotel Bellevue |
| 1900 | Dinner and free evening |
| Day 6 (Thursday) | In and around Paris |
| 1000-1300 | Groups will meet with me at scheduled times to review all of the course material ask questions, and receive additional help A summing-up day. Begin working on part 1 of the final. You will have a chance to revisit the Pompidou. Questions: Do you see things differently? What is Cubism? Why is breaking through the picture plane important? What does it anticipate in terms of art today? Street art? Was Shakespeare right - Is the world a stage? Is it possible that we are all works of art? Think about it |
| 1700-1900 | Lecture and discussion in Hotel Bellevue |
| 1900 | Dinner and free evening |