4 THE BODY IN WESTERN ART - Pamela Gerrish Nunn
Starts 12 February, 10 - 11.30 am, 6 Fridays, $28
As the Art Gallery puts on a show devoted to the nude, this course considers the tradition, status and meanings of the human body as a subject in western art. Examining numerous examples past and present, we shall discuss art's relationship with ideas such as masculinity and femininity, heroism, beauty, eroticism and obscenity. Dr Gerrish Nunn, a free-lance art historian and curator, taught Art History at the University of Canterbury for 20 years. She is widely published internationally.