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Art Lectures with Jacqueline Hahn
Learn more about the great masters and their artwork in the monthly Beyond the Canvas art lectures presented by art professor Jacqueline Hahn. These special programs are funded by the Friends of the Library and filmed by NBTV. Streaming video can be found by using the links below or visiting the City of Newport Beach website NBTV listings.
The Great Masters: Leonardo Da Vinci
Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 7 p.m., Central Library Friends RoomDa Vinci is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time and credited with epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. NBTV Video
The Great Masters: Michelangelo
Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 7 p.m., Central Library Friends Room
Find out about Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. NBTV Video
The Great Masters: Raphael
Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 7 p.m., Central Library Friends Room
Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. NBTV Video
The Great Masters: Caravaggio
Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 7 p.m., Central Library Friends Room
His paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, having a formative influence on Baroque art. NBTV Video
The Great Masters: Bernini
Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7 p.m., Central Library Friends Room
Bernini was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was, also and even more prominently, the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. NBTV Video
The Great Masters: Giorgione
Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 7 p.m., Central Library Friends Room
Giorgione is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, and together with Titian, founded the distinctive Venetian school of Italian Renaissance painting. NBTV Video
The Great Masters: Tintoretto
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 7 p.m., Central Library Friends Room
This master artist's work is characterized by his muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective, in the Mannerist style.
The Great Masters: Rembrandt
Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 7 p.m., Central Library Friends Room
An innovative and prolific master in three media, generally considered one of the greatest visual artists and the most important in Dutch art history.
If you missed our previous lecture series, you can watch the broadcast online:
2017-18
Man Ray: May 23, 2018, NBTV video
Joan Miró: April 25, 2018, NBTV video
Yves Tanquy: March 28, 2018, NBTV video
Max Ernst: February 28, 2018, NBTV video
Salvador Dalí: January 24, 2018, NBTV video
Constantin Brancusi: November 29, 2017, NBTV video
Gertrude Stein: October 25, 2017, NBTV video
Peggy Guggenheim: September 27, 2017, NBTV video
2016-17
René Magritte: May 24, 2017, NBTV video
Marcel Duchamp: April 26, 2017, NBTV video
Wassily Kandinsky: March 29, 2017, NBTV video
Georges Braque: March 1, 2017, NBTV video
Cubism: February 1, 2017, NBTV Video
Beyond the Canvas lectures at the Central Library are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served, limited by room capacity of 200. Funding is graciously donated by the Friends of the Library.