Can you please give a brief description of your course? Alice Schwarz (AS): Each semester, the course is an exploration of works of art from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection through drawing ...

Eugenio Lucas, “Death Reading from a Human Lectern, Congregation in Background” (c. 1850), black chalk and brown wash (courtesy Morgan Library & Museum, purchased by Pierpont Morgan) (all photos by ...

The Metropolitan Museum’s “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer” is a stupendous metaphysical-visual exhalation. Somewhere amid the High Renaissance master’s drawings, time and mediums piled up ...

Michelangelo’s drawing of “The Three Crosses” is a study of composition and anatomy and a rare look into the artist’s thought process as he worked out ideas. Drawn in red chalk on paper, the ...

A “worm’s eye cavalier view”, I learn, places you within and without a drawing. This perspective, pioneered by the early modern military artists of Europe to portray fortifications, can suggest ...

SVA Destinations, an ongoing series of short-term, domestic and international travel-based programs offered by the School of Visual Arts, offer participants the opportunity for in-depth study, ...

Earlier this year, a woman in Pennsylvania bought a nude charcoal sketch for $12 at a local art auction. Something about the depicted woman’s downward gaze, the hang of flesh around her waist seemed ...

If you want your drawings to look stronger, more intentional, and more professional, art history is a game changer. In this live stream, we research famous artworks and sketch through the techniques ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

Grab your sketchbook and settle in for a live stream that blends art history research with real time drawing. I’ll be building a fresh drawing from the ground up while chatting about the biggest ...

To call “The Beginning of Everything” a big drawing show is an understatement. Indeed, it is a huge show in a sprawling space at the University of Minnesota’s Nash Gallery that’s divided into roughly ...