Albert Gleizes, 1881-1953, French Man in Town, 1920 Oil on Canvas

Georges Rouault, 1871-1958, French The Last Romantic, 1937 Oil on Canvas

Attributed to Jacopo Robusti (called Tintoretto), 1518/19-1594, Italian Portrait of a Gentleman Oil on Canvas

New for 2006: This seminar, offered by La Salle University in collaboration with the Violette de Mazia Foundation, uses the collection of the La Salle University Art Museum to introduce participants to an objective method for the appreciation of art.

The method employed to teach the class is inspired by the writings of Albert Barnes, John Dewey, and Violette de Mazia. Students will be guided to study works in the La Salle Art Museum, enabled to undertake personal and independent analyses of these works, and encouraged to make aesthetic discoveries. The instructor will give lectures, assign readings, and engage students in group discussion, individual projects, and lively classroom activities.

The class has a maximum enrollment of 20 students. Participating students will receive three Continuing Education Units.

Schedule: The class meets on Saturday mornings October 7, 2006 – March 17, 2007, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., for a total of twenty weeks, at the La Salle University Art Museum.

Where: Classes take place in the La Salle Art Museum located on the lower level of Olney Hall on the University’s main campus.

Requirements: There are no pre-requisites for this class other than the standard admissions requirement of a high school diploma.

Parking: On campus parking will be made available at no charge to students on scheduled class days.

Tuition: Twenty scholarships are available for students registering for the class, courtesy of a grant through the Violette de Mazia Foundation.

The La Salle University Art Museum:
The La Salle University Art Museum opened its doors in 1976 as a place for La Salle students, especially those majoring in art history, as well as for the communities in the surrounding areas, to experience art in an intimate setting.

The beginnings of the museum were ten years earlier at one of the University’s fall honors convocations. John Walker, director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, delivered the address, and well-known collector Lessing Rosenwald and American artist Andrew Wyeth received honorary degrees. The University announced that it was beginning a degree program in art history and had begun acquiring art. What began as a modest study collection has since blossomed into a museum, now considered one of Philadelphia’s cultural treasures.

Violette de Mazia and La Salle University
In the fall of 1984, Violette de Mazia received an Honorary Degree from La Salle University for her role as an educator and her formulation of an instructional program that had a profound influence on the philosophy and appreciation of art.

It is fitting that La Salle University and the Violette de Mazia Foundation now offer this program at the La Salle University Art Museum as a registered class of the University’s department of Continuing Education and Professional Studies.

Registration and Scholarship Information
The course will make 20 scholarships available on a first-come basis. There are no pre-requisites for admission. To register for this seminar and to take advantage of available scholarships, please contact La Salle University’s Office of Professional and Continuing Studies, 215-951-1234. You can also visit La Salle’s website at www.lasalle.edu/cpcs.

Spaces are limited, so contact La Salle as soon as possible.

Paul Cézanne, 1839-1906, French The Large Bathers, 1896-c. 1898 Color Lithograph Gift of Benjamin D. and Robin Bernstein

William Glackens, c.1870-1938, American Hillside near Cannes, 1931-32 Oil on Canvas Gift of The Sansom Foundation, Inc