Artistic Rivalries with Katherine Zoraster

Artists often work and create together to formulate new styles. Just as often, they compete and respond to each other's work, leading to breakthroughs and new developments. In this course by Katherine E. Zoraster, we will begin in the Renaissance with the ideological rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and between Michelangelo and Raphael. We then move forward in history, exploring different artistic rivalries and how they fueled artistic creation. Other frenemies include Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock.

Week 1: Renaissance Rivalries (Brunelleschi and Ghiberti, Leonardo and Michelangelo, Michelangelo and Raphael, Caravaggio and Baglione)

Week 2: Manet and Degas

Week 3: Van Gogh and Degas

Week 4: Matisse and Picasso

Zoraster is an art hHistorian and a professor of art history at several local colleges specializing in Western art from the Renaissance to the 20th century. She graduated with a double major in English literature and art history from the UCLA. She received a master’s degree with distinction in art history from the CSU Northridge.

The Fifty and Better (FAB) program was designed for people ages 50 and older, seeking intellectual stimulation through university-level courses — without the pressure of grades — for the sake of learning and social engagement.

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