{"product_id":"art-of-natural-history-course-online","title":"Art of Natural History course (online)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI teach at several schools (online, including the Rhode Island School of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and Morbid Anatomy) and offer private lessons. Please contact me for next available spot in this course.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOURSE OVERVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis course combines slide presentations of the highlights of various fields of biology from Ancient Greece through the late Renaissance and early Enlightenment. Participants have the option to complete a written or visual response to the prompts (based on in-class demonstrations in assorted wet and dry media like colored inks, colored pencils, graphite, and more). Below is a brief description of the topics covered:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWeek One:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e Intro to Natural History: origins in botany; role of Ancient Greece and the Greco-Arabic translation movement; and the evolution of print-making techniques.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWeek Two: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eCollectors, Cabinets of Curiosity, and Museums: spirituality and science; colonialism; sorting fact from fiction; origins of the modern museum; intro to the scientific revolution of the Renaissance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWeek Three: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e Zoology: bestiaries; print revolution; public dissections and first hand observation; influence on painters of the Northern Renaissance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWeek Four: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eHuman Anatomy and Medicine; \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003epublic dissections and first hand observation; \u003c\/span\u003emarriage of art and science; symbolism in anatomical atlases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWeek Five:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e Ornithology: falconry, symbolism, and species identification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWeek Six: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Lato; color: #212121ff; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eEntomology: from the margins of illuminated manuscripts to dedicated field guides; role in fine art \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; 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