Join Niko in a brief introduction into Schiller’s life and work on the background of the French Revolution and the “Age of Enlightenment”.
Background: This period in history can be seen as a focal point, mirroring the light of ancient sunken cultures, i.e. the “Greek Mythology”, the inspiration for many modern “New Age” ideas.
Friedrich Schiller’s Letters of the Aesthetic Education of Men (1794-95) can be seen as a pivotal work of this time. Schiller’s aesthetic letters are not an art theory in the usual sense. They are his quixotic enquiry into what is true beauty, and what is art, incorporating the whole human mind and different societies we live in. Schiller understands art not as an elite luxury. He describes true beauty as the matchless manifestation of human dignity.
Tutor: Niko Thomsen
Born 1966 in Luebeck, Germany, Graduated from the humanistic Katharineum zu Luebeck (high school), 1993 Bachelor degree in fine arts from the “Freie Kunststudienstaette Ottersberg”, (near Bremen, Germany) Visited New Zealand in 1996 and 1997, moved here permanently in 1999. Established myself as a working artist with studio in the Wairarapa, from where, together with NZ born Vicki, I am raising a young family of Kiwis.
Bookings: Book @ Wairarapa REAP, 340 Queen St, Masterton or on 06-377 1379.
Booking Deadline: Tuesday 1 Oct @ 5pm
Please Note: All workshops have a minimum number of places, which must be filled to run. If that minimum number is not reached you will be notified and receive a full refund from Kokomai.