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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Art History: American Landscape Painting
DESCRIPTION:This class has been cancelled for May 2026 due to medical reasons. \nThis course will take place on Tuesdays\, April 28\, May 5\, 12 and 19\, 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Mercer Public Library\, with David Barnhill. \n“Art History: American Landscape Painting” will introduce students to the rich tradition of landscape art in the United States. Students will become familiar with the compelling representations of nature and the complex development of American landscape painting. The result will be a deeper understanding\nand appreciation of our country’s impressive nature art. \nThere will be four sessions\, each two hours long: \n\nEuropean landscape painting and the beginnings of American landscape painting. \nFrederic Church and Albert Bierstadt. \nThomas Moran and George Inness.\nAmerican Impressionism\, & Georgia O’Keeffe.\n\nRequirements: The only requirement is an interest in art. There will be no homework. Handouts will be provided\, which will include sources for students to further explore the subject. \nThis class is limited to 12 students. \nInstructor: David Barnhill \nOnline Registration: Scroll down to our Registration form to register online!\n– or –\nOffline Registration: Download PDF Registration Form\, complete and mail in with payment. \nRegistration Questions? Contact us or call (715) 862-2032 or (715) 476-2881. \nRegistration Issues/Troubleshooting: If you are registering with one email address for two or more people\, please register each person individually (i.e. do not register all at once\, but add students one at a time to checkout). If you continue to have difficulty or have another question\, please contact us. \nCourse Cancellations: Students are encouraged to register at least 2 weeks before the beginning of any Fe University course. A course with less than 4 students 2 weeks before the start date may be cancelled at instructor/FeU discretion\, with students’ registrations refunded. If you’re interested in a class\, please sign up early! Thank you. \nStudent Cancellations: If a registered student cancels\, registration can be refunded if requested 4 or more days before the course’s start date. We’re afraid cancellation requests made 3 or fewer days before the course’s start date are unable to be refunded.
URL:https://feuniversity.org/class/art-history-american-landscape-painting/2026-05-16/
LOCATION:Mercer Public Library\, 2648 Margaret St.\, Mercer\, WI\, 54547\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pursuing the Dao: An Introduction to Chinese Religions
DESCRIPTION:This course will take place on Tuesdays\, Jan. 6\, 13\, 20\, and 27\, 2026\, 1:00-3:00 p.m.\, at the Mercer Senior Center\, with Dr. David Barnhill.\nChina has one of the richest religious traditions in the world with relevance to the modern world. Over the course of time\, four religions have dominated Chinese culture: Confucianism\, Daoism\, Buddhism\, and Neo-Confucianism. What are their beliefs and values\, and how do they compare to each other? For three of the traditions\, the sacred is primarily located in the natural world. What are their view of nature and how do they relate to modern ecology and environmental philosophy? What are their views of ethics and how do they compare to traditional Western ethics? Each session will focus on one of these traditions\, with time at the end for discussion: \n\n1. Classical Confusianism: Confucius and Mencius.\n2. Philsophical Daoism: The Daodejing and the Zhuangzi.\n3. Buddhism: Huayan and Zen.\n4. Neo-Confucianism: Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming.\n\nRequirements: The only requirement is an interest in the topic and an openness to study religious traditions quite different from those in the West. There will be no texts or homework\, although sources for students to further explore the subject will be offered. There will be no printed materials and no homework. A  few handouts will be provided by the instructor in the class as well as uploaded onto the course website at www.feuniversity.org. \nThis class is limited to 25 students. \nWe recommend signing up at least two weeks ahead of class to ensure class fills and to prevent cancellation. \nRegister by Dec. 23 to get a $5 Early Bird discount off the regular registration price of $45! \nInstructor: David Barnhill\, Ph.D. in Eastern Religions \nOnline Registration: Scroll down to our Registration form to register online!\n– or –\nOffline Registration: Download PDF Registration Form\, complete and mail in with payment. \nRegistration Questions? Contact us or call (715) 862-2032 or (715) 476-2881. \nRegistration Issues/Troubleshooting: If you are registering with one email address for two or more people\, please register each person individually (i.e. do not register all at once\, but add students one at a time to checkout). If you continue to have difficulty or have another question\, please contact us. \nCourse Cancellations: Students are encouraged to register at least 2 weeks before the beginning of any Fe University course. A course with less than 4 students 2 weeks before the start date may be cancelled at instructor/FeU discretion\, with students’ registrations refunded. If you’re interested in a class\, please sign up early! Thank you. \nStudent Cancellations: If a registered student cancels\, registration can be refunded if requested 4 or more days before the course’s start date. We’re afraid cancellation requests made 3 or fewer days before the course’s start date are unable to be refunded.
URL:https://feuniversity.org/class/pursuing-the-dao-an-introduction-to-chinese-religions/2026-01-27/
LOCATION:Northwoods Hub\, 2518 Martha Lake Rd.\, Mercer\, 54547\, United States
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SUMMARY:European Landscape Painting
DESCRIPTION:Sept. 10\, 2025 Update: This class has unfortunately had to be cancelled. Registrations will be refunded.\nThis course will take place on Tuesdays\, Sept. 16\, 23\, 30\, and Oct. 7 and 14\, 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Mercer Public Library\, with David Barnhill.\nUsing high quality slides of artwork\, “European Landscape Painting” will introduce students to the rich tradition of landscape art in Europe\, from its beginnings to Post-Impressionism. We will cover the early developments of using landscape as a background to paintings in which landscape is the primary subject. Students will become familiar with the diverse art and complex development of European landscape painting and develop an appreciation for the tradition’s compelling nature art. \nThere will be five session\, each two hours long: \n\nThe Beginnings of European Landscape Painting. Landscape in the Renaissance and Baroque periods and the classical landscape painting of the 17th and 18th centuries.\nThe Dutch Golden Age (17th century).  Aelbert Cuyp\, Jacob van Ruisdael\, Meindert Hobbema\, and others. \nBritish Landscape Painting (18th and 19th centuries). J.M.W Turner\, John Constable\, and others.\n19th Century Realist Landscape Painting. The French Barbizon School\, the Dutch Hague School\, and landscape painting in Germany and Russia.\nImpressionism and After. Pissarro\, Monet\, Van Gogh\, Cézanne\, and others.\n\nRequirements: The only requirement is an interest in the subject. A handout will be provided at the beginning of the class with details on artists\, historical developments\, and key terms. \nThis class is limited to 12 students. \nRegister by Sept. 2 to get a $5 Early Bird discount off the regular registration price of $55! \nInstructor: David Barnhill \nOffline Registration: Download PDF Registration Form\, complete and mail in with payment. \nRegistration Questions? Contact us or call (715) 862-2032 or (715) 476-2881. \nRegistration Issues/Troubleshooting: If you are registering with one email address for two or more people\, please register each person individually (i.e. do not register all at once\, but add students one at a time to checkout). If you continue to have difficulty or have another question\, please contact us. \nCourse Cancellations: Students are encouraged to register at least 2 weeks before the beginning of any Fe University course. A course with less than 4 students 2 weeks before the start date may be cancelled at instructor/FeU discretion\, with students’ registrations refunded. If you’re interested in a class\, please sign up early! Thank you. \nStudent Cancellations: If a registered student cancels\, registration can be refunded if requested 4 or more days before the course’s start date. We’re afraid cancellation requests made 3 or fewer days before the course’s start date are unable to be refunded.
URL:https://feuniversity.org/class/european-landscape-painting/
LOCATION:Mercer Public Library\, 2648 Margaret St.\, Mercer\, WI\, 54547\, United States
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SUMMARY:Great Art Museums of Europe: A Virtual Tour
DESCRIPTION:This course will take place on Tuesdays\, April 29 and May 6\, 13 and 20\, 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Mercer Public Library\, with David Barnhill.\nThe “Great Art Museums of Europe” course will introduce students to a wide range of art museums in Europe. This will be a\nvirtual art tour\, and students will be introduced to great works of art (mainly paintings) from the Renaissance to the 20th century at the various museums. Students will not only learn about these museums and these works of art\, but become inspired by them and perceive the world in a deeper way \nThe course will begin with a very short summary of European art history starting with the Renaissance. \n\nLondon. We will tour the National Gallery\, Tate Britain\, the British Museum\, the Courtauld Gallery\, the Wallace Collection\, and Tate Modern.\nNetherlands.  We will visit the Rijksmuseum\, the Van Gogh Museum\, the Kröller-Müller Museum\, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen\, and the Mauritshuis. \nParis. The tour will include the Louvre\, the Musée d’Orsay\, Musée Marmottan\, the Musée de l’Orangerie\, Petit Palais\, and Musée Rodin.\nOther locations. To be selected from the following: The Hermitage (St. Petersburg)\, The National Museum of Norway\, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen)\,The Art Museum of Basel (Switzerland)\, Museum Folkwang (Essen\, Germany)\, Neue Pinakothek (Munich)\, Gemäldegalerie (Berlin)\, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)\, Uffizi Gallery (Florence)\, Vatican Museums\, Prado (Madrid)\, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid).\n\nRequirements: The only requirement is an interest in art. There will be no homework\, and handouts will be provided on the museums and an outline of art history \nThis class is limited to 12 students. \nRegister by April 15 to get a $5 Early Bird discount off the regular registration price of $45! \nInstructor: David Barnhill \nOffline Registration: Download PDF Registration Form\, complete and mail in with payment. \nRegistration Questions? Contact us or call (715) 862-2032 or (715) 476-2881. \nRegistration Issues/Troubleshooting: If you are registering with one email address for two or more people\, please register each person individually (i.e. do not register all at once\, but add students one at a time to checkout). If you continue to have difficulty or have another question\, please contact us. \nCourse Cancellations: Students are encouraged to register at least 2 weeks before the beginning of any Fe University course. A course with less than 4 students 2 weeks before the start date may be cancelled at instructor/FeU discretion\, with students’ registrations refunded. If you’re interested in a class\, please sign up early! Thank you. \nStudent Cancellations: If a registered student cancels\, registration can be refunded if requested 4 or more days before the course’s start date. We’re afraid cancellation requests made 3 or fewer days before the course’s start date are unable to be refunded.
URL:https://feuniversity.org/class/great-art-museums-of-europe/2025-05-20/
LOCATION:Mercer Public Library\, 2648 Margaret St.\, Mercer\, WI\, 54547\, United States
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SUMMARY:Religions of China and Japan
DESCRIPTION:This course will take place on Tuesdays\, February 18-March 18\, 2025\, 1:00-3:00 p.m. at St. Matthias Church in Minocqua\, with David Barnhill.\nThe beliefs and practices of classical Confucianism\, Daoism\, Buddhism\, Neo-Confucianism\, and Shinto will be examined. Special attention will be paid to theories of human nature and the natural world\, which is considered the source and location of the sacred. Students will come out with a better understanding and appreciation of the rich and complex tradition of Chinese and Japanese religions. \n\nClassical Confucianism (500 b.c.e. – 200 c.e.). We will focus on theories on morality\, human nature\, and politics.\nClassical Daoism (500 b.c.e. – 200 c.e.). We will examine their theories of nature\, human nature\, and the relationship between them\, as well as their theories of action. \nChinese Buddhism (600 – 1644). Special attention will be given to the philosophical school of Huayan and Zen (Chan) Buddhism\, including their views of nature and the practice of meditation. We will explore the development of Buddhism in Japan as well as China.\nNeo-Confucianism (800 – 1900). Influenced by Buddhism and Daoism\, Confucianism developed into a more complex religion. We will focus on theories of nature\, human nature\, and morality.\nShinto (Japan\, 500 – present) and Japanese religious aesthetics. Shinto is the native religion of Japan\, and we will explore its view of nature and divinity and its spiritual practices. We will also examine the complex tradition of the religious arts\, especially in the Japanese medieval period\n\nRequirements: The only requirement is an interest in the topic and an openness to study religious traditions quite different from those in the West. There will be no texts or homework\, although sources for students to further explore the subject will be offered. There will be no printed materials and no homework. A  few handouts will be provided by the instructor in the class as well as uploaded onto the course website at www.feuniversity.org. \nRegister by February 4 to get a $5 Early Bird discount off the regular registration price of $55! \nInstructor: David Barnhill \nOffline Registration: Download PDF Registration Form\, complete and mail in with payment. \nRegistration Questions? Contact us or call (715) 862-2032 or (715) 476-2881. \nRegistration Issues/Troubleshooting: If you are registering with one email address for two or more people\, please register each person individually (i.e. do not register all at once\, but add students one at a time to checkout). If you continue to have difficulty or have another question\, please contact us. \nCourse Cancellations: Students are encouraged to register at least 2 weeks before the beginning of any Fe University course. A course with less than 4 students 2 weeks before the start date may be cancelled at instructor/FeU discretion\, with students’ registrations refunded. If you’re interested in a class\, please sign up early! Thank you. \nStudent Cancellations: If a registered student cancels\, registration can be refunded if requested 4 or more days before the course’s start date. We’re afraid cancellation requests made 3 or fewer days before the course’s start date are unable to be refunded.
URL:https://feuniversity.org/class/religions-of-china-and-japan/2025-03-18/
LOCATION:St. Matthias Episcopal Church\, 403 East Chicago Avenue\, Minocqua\, WI\, 54548\, United States
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SUMMARY:Great Masters of Western Painting: Rembrandt\, Turner\, Monet and Van Gogh
DESCRIPTION:This course will take place on Tuesdays\, October 8-29\, 1:00-3:00p.m. at the Mercer Public Library\, with David Barnhill.\nThe Great Masters of Western Painting course will introduce students to a wide range of great paintings by four masters and highlight their stylistic development over time. Students will not only learn about these paintings\, but become inspired by them and perceive the world in a deeper way. \n\nRembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). We will examine the paintings by the Dutch Master from his youth to old age: history paintings\, individual portraits\, group portraits\, landscapes\, and self-portraits\, including his radical free style of painting late in life that turned the critics and public away\, leaving him to die in obscurity.\nJ. M. W. Turner (1775-1851).  Turner is Britain’s greatest and most complex painter\, and his late paintings are considered a precursor to both Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism. We will discuss his early pictures in Britain\, marine paintings\, and history paintings\, as well as pictures on contemporary subjects\, then his depictions of the Alps and Venice\, concluding with his late watercolors and radical visionary paintings. \nClaude Monet (1840-1926). The great master of Impressionism\, his art evolved from realistic landscape painting\, to his emphasis on the effects of light and color in our perception of nature (including his innovative series of subjects seen in different seasons and times of day)\, to the goal of representing the envelope or atmosphere of light\, and finally to his largely abstract water lilies.\nVincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Many of Vincent’s works are well known\, but we will cover his early works with their subdued brown and gray palette\, the explosion of colors in his works when he came to Paris\, the flowering of his own style in the south of France\, and the burst of creative energy in his last months before he committed suicide.\n\nRequirements: The only requirement is an interest in art. There will be no printed materials and no homework. \nInstructor: David Barnhill \nOffline Registration: Download PDF Registration Form\, complete and mail in with payment. \nRegistration Questions? Contact us or call (715) 862-2032 or (715) 476-2881. \nRegistration Issues/Troubleshooting: If you are registering with one email address for two or more people\, please register each person individually (i.e. do not register all at once\, but add students one at a time to checkout). If you continue to have difficulty or have another question\, please contact us. \nCourse Cancellations: Students are encouraged to register at least 2 weeks before the beginning of any Fe University course. A course with less than 4 students 2 weeks before the start date may be cancelled at instructor/FeU discretion\, with students’ registrations refunded. If you’re interested in a class\, please sign up early! Thank you. \nStudent Cancellations: If a registered student cancels\, registration can be refunded if requested 4 or more days before the course’s start date. We’re afraid cancellation requests made 3 or fewer days before the course’s start date are unable to be refunded.
URL:https://feuniversity.org/class/great-masters-of-western-painting-rembrandt-turner-monet-and-van-gogh/2024-10-29/
LOCATION:Mercer Public Library\, 2648 Margaret St.\, Mercer\, WI\, 54547\, United States
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