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What makes some narrative figure paintings more moving than others, what is the relationship between artistry and technique? In this lecture, League Instructor Margaret McCann will broach these questions by analyzing the compositional ingenuity of masterpieces, mostly from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
McCann will reference the Hellenistic sculptures that influenced Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists, and 18th-century philosopher Lessing’s aesthetic theory “Laocoon,” which examined different functions of poetry versus visual art. She will also discuss how the arrangement of variables such as realistic anatomy, chiaroscuro, and linear perspective in a composition either enhance or distract from narratives portrayed in paintings.
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A.
Margaret McCann has had solo exhibitions at Jannone Disegni di Architettura in Milan, The Painting Center in New York, and Artemesia in Chicago. Her paintings have been reviewed in La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, the LA Times, and Huffington Post. McCann studied at Yale University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the NY Studio School. Her awards include a Fulbright Scholarship, Ingram-Merrill Foundation award, Blanche E. Colman Award, and New Hampshire State grants, and artist residencies at Ragdale, Millay, AAIRome, and Cité des Arts in Paris. McCann lived in Rome for eight years, where she taught at American abroad college programs. She has also taught at Boston University, University of New Hampshire, Syracuse University, University of Virginia, Pratt, Montclair University, Semester at Sea, and NY Academy of Art. McCann writes art reviews for Two Coats of Paint, edited the NYAA-Skira/Rizzoli 2014 book The Figure – Contemporary Perspectives, and wrote reviews for Painters' Table, Art New England, and The Portsmouth Herald.
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