Constable and Turner: Two Views of the Romantic Landscape

Course | Registration opens 5/20/2024 8:00 AM EDT

OLLI York Online class York, PA 17403 United States

Zoom (link will be sent the day before the class)

Members and nonmembers

7/19/2024 (one day)

1:00 PM-2:30 PM EDT on Fri

$8.00

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John Constable and J.M.W. Turner were influential exponents of Romanticism and its emotional response to Nature. Constable, who primarily stayed in England, preferred the straightforward landscapes of the Suffolk countryside where he grew up. On the other hand, Turner, who traveled extensively, often infused his dramatic and atmospheric "color beginnings" with literary or historical allusions. Although very different stylistically, both greatly influenced progressive artists in France in the 19th century, such as the Barbizon School (Constable) and the Impressionists (Turner).

Kathryn McClintock has a master’s degree in art history from Penn State and taught the introduction to art course through Penn State Outreach for more than twenty years.