La Dolce Vita II with Lucy MacGillis

FIVE MEETINGS

Wednesdays

October 30

November 6

November 13

November 20

Skip November 27 (Thanksgiving week)

December 4

2024

11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. eastern time

In this intensive ONLINE class, we will consider how Italian neorealist cinema was inspired by renaissance art. Parallel to our in-depth studies of 4 great films, we will transcribe from paintings that directly relate to these films. In transcription, we will draw and paint from the masterpieces, investigating, not copying, in order to grasp what made them so important and timeless. We will focus on The Bicycle Thief by De Sica 1948, Fellini’s 1954 La Strada, Antonioni’s La Notte, and Pasolini’s Gospel According to Matthew from 1964. Each week a film will be introduced, discussed and we will sketch stills from each one. Participants’ painting transcriptions and sketches will be discussed in weekly group critiques, in order to address issues such as composition and the mixing of color. A packet containing prints of the paintings we’ll be transcribing, as well as Fabriano oil painting and drawing paper, will be shipped to each participant before the start of the workshop.

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