Gallery Talk: The Art of Looking—European Art

LACMA, BP Grand Entrance Free and open to the public. Details: http://bit.ly/1Shkflr LACMA's European art collection spans a wide range of time—from early Renaissance (late-1300s) to Impressionism (late-1800s.) In this conversation-based tour, art historian and educator Mary Lenihan introduces key characteristics in the development of European art through discussion of six masterpieces from the collection. Identify elements shared by paintings from the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical, and Impressionist periods, and learn about innovations introduced during each era. Image: Claude Monet, The Beach at Honfleur, 1864–1866, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Reese Hale Taylor