Art & Design Courses

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

Learn about Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony and forms of orchestral music.

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — by studying some of history’s most important buildings.

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.