Fort Bend County Libraries’ Sugar Land Branch Library will have an educational series focusing on “Art & Architecture” this fall. The next program in the series, “Art & Architecture: Baroque Art,” will take place on Saturday, November 23, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, in the Meeting Room of the library.
In this segment in the series, architecture professor Sheba Akhtar will talk about the Baroque period, a style of ornately detailed European architecture and art from the 17th and 18th centuries. Learn about the formal and spatial complexity explored by Baroque architects such as Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona, and hear about the influence of artists such as Titan, Tinoretto, and Caravaggio.
Akhtar will also show how developments in science, navigation, and exploration impacted the Baroque period. Those attending the program will also hear how art and architecture were used in the service of religious propaganda in the Catholic Counter-reformation movement.
Akhtar is an assistant professor of architecture at Prairie View A&M University. She
received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania and taught art and architecture history for 20 years. She has practiced as an architect in the United States, England, Scotland, Jordan, and Pakistan. She is the author of “Of Colour and Form” and numerous articles on art and architecture.
The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Sugar Land Branch Library (281-238-2140) or the library system’s Communications Office (281-633-4734).