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Study art history at the Barnes, a leader in art education since 1925. Come learn in our galleries, or take classes online using our immersive, state-of-the-art platform that brings you closer to the work than ever before.
These traditional courses, derived from the teachings of Albert Barnes and Violette de Mazia, focus on formal analysis and direct visual engagement with works of art. In this method, close looking at art helps build critical-thinking skills that can be carried beyond the Barnes.
![Close-Looking Immersion: Titian’s <i>Sleeping Shepherd</i>](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/AUG_BF977-Immersion_Sleeping-Shepard-h.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
Close-Looking Immersion: Titian’s Sleeping Shepherd
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
![The Traditions of Art](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/BF960.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
The Traditions of Art
Learn how modern artists adapted earlier traditions in developing new visual languages. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
![The Elements of Art](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/BF557-M.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
The Elements of Art
Learn basic aesthetic principles and discover art’s communicative power by studying works in the Barnes collection. Instructor: William Perthes
![Close-Looking Immersion: El Greco’s <i>Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth</i>](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/SEP_Close-Looking-Immersion_BF876_240625_200744.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
Close-Looking Immersion: El Greco’s Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
![The Elements of Art](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/BF442.b.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
The Elements of Art
Learn basic aesthetic principles and discover art’s communicative power by studying works in the Barnes collection. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
![Collection Concentration: Paul Cézanne](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/bf910.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
Collection Concentration: Paul Cézanne
Study Cézanne’s influence on European modernism and trace the development of his visual language. Instructor: William Perthes
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Afternoon with an Ensemble: Room 14
Examine one of Dr. Barnes’s carefully crafted displays of paintings. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
![Close-Looking Immersion: Maurice Brazil Prendergast’s <i>Marblehead Harbor</i>](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/Barnes-Classes-BM-CC-AmericanArt-BF216.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
Close-Looking Immersion: Maurice Brazil Prendergast’s Marblehead Harbor
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: William Perthes
![Close-Looking Immersion: Picasso’s <i>Woman Seated on Striped Floor</i>](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/NOV_Close-Looking-Immersion_BF201_240625_203136.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
Close-Looking Immersion: Picasso’s Woman Seated on Striped Floor
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: Naina Saligram
![Pillars of the Collection](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/AIC_Manet-Modernism_BF957-detail2.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
Pillars of the Collection
Spend time in the galleries examining some of the most important and best-loved art and artists in the collection. Instructors: Kaelin Jewell, William Perthes
![Close-Looking Immersion: Gauguin’s <i>Haere Pape</i>](https://barnesfoundation.imgix.net/sharedListingImages/BF109_03.jpg?crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.6721&fp-y=0.2241&h=300&ixlib=php-2.1.1&w=406)
Close-Looking Immersion: Gauguin’s Haere Pape
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: Naina Saligram