Welcome to this course on the Baroque Art of Luca Giordano. Luca Giordano, 1634 – 1705, was a Master Neapolitan late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. A virtuoso of figurative painting. The course contents include an Introduction, The Mentors and Teachers of Giordano, Giotto di Bondone, Jusepe de Rivera, Paolo Veronese, Pietro da Cortona, The Baroque, Luca Giordano - The Early Works from 1650, The Ten Philosophers 1650-1660, The Transition Years, Luca fa presto, The Master Works, Court painter in Spain 1692–1702, The Renderings and Etchings of Luca Giordano. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples, Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. One of his nicknames, Proteus, was acquired as a result of his reputed skill in producing pastiches, an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period. His other nickname was Luca Fa Presto, because he is said to have painted a large altarpiece in one day, it is no wonder that his output, both in oil and in fresco, was enormous. Luca Giordano’s range of subject matter was broad, however most of his pictures deal with religious or mythological themes. Giordano’s earliest dated works are from 1650.In this course we are going to study and enjoy one of the greatest masters of the Late Baroque. Welcome! I teach lecture courses and studios as I wish they would have been taught to me. Much of the graphic material in my lectures is taken or generated first hand directly by me on site. I teach to learn. I teach subjects as I wish they were taught to me. The Mission Statement. Education is a tool for the improvement of successive generations. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius

This course is designed under the premise that humans should be taught in a way that is modeled after the educational patterns of evolution.

The design, development and application of educational systems based on the educational principles of evolution generates a philosophy and methodology of education in synchrony with the evolutionary education system that is firmly and deeply rooted in each of us.

Education for evolution is an educational system designed to help propel humans forward in the natural course of evolution. The purpose of education for evolution is to enhance and strengthen the natural evolutionary process of humans through the mechanism of education. The means to achieve this objective is the design of a curricula based on the same educational techniques and strategies used by natural evolution, enhanced and guided by the application of conscious educational decisions.