by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 13, 2015 | Art History, General
A Première on the Internet Every year, during my Survey I Art history class I devote a week to Greek Art. One of the slide is of course The Dying Niobid a beautiful Greek classical sculpture done around 440 B.C.E. This is the usual slide that all the art history...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 31, 2015 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
Art: “navel-gazerism” of the G20 countries The college Winter semester is over in North America. My corrections are done. I would like to share with you all one of the questions of my Canadian Art History exam. In a nutshell, the students had to compare Canada’s...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 27, 2015 | Art History, General
Painting the landscape with Mr. Turner It is with the art historian enthusiasm that I purchased my ticket to see Mike Leigh’s latest movie Mr. Turner. Should it be a movie to be mandatory seen by my students, or my artists attending our painting art classes in Italy...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Mar 25, 2014 | Food | Cooking, General, Painting
Today, a delicious break from art history and painting. Risotto with eggplants and black olive tapenade is a recipe created by walkthearts and offered during our art workshops in Provence. We hope that participants of our upcoming Atelier Provence 2014 (July 5-15)...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Feb 28, 2014 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Why attending one of our painting workshops in Italy or France? During our painting workshops in Tuscany and Provence, we aim to provoke the creative act by challenging our participants to see and think in new ways. If not, why traveling so far and investing in a...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 17, 2014 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Our painting workshops, great art summer camp? We have read that more and more travellers from the developed world are looking for meaningful travels. Increasingly, we are aiming for journeys that allow us to learn something new, to deepen our culture, to enhance our...
