In Focus: Emotion in Art

How do we see emotion in art? A Clark educator leads a thematic tour of the Clark’s permanent collection exploring this question. Learn how nineteenth-century artists used their own unique visual language to communicate emotion through light, color, brushstroke, texture, posture, gesture, and more. Examine paintings and sculptures in the Clark’s collection to uncover both gentle and powerful, emotionally charged works of art. Image: Alfred Stevens, Memories and Regrets (detail) , c. 1874, oil on canvas. The Clark, 1955.860 How do we see emotion in art? A Clark educator leads a thematic tour of the Clark’s permanent collection exploring this question. Learn how nineteenth-century artists used their own unique visual language to communicate emotion through light, color, brushstroke, texture, posture, gesture, and more. Examine paintings and sculptures in the Clark’s collection to uncover both gentle and powerful, emotionally charged works of art. Image: Alfred Stevens, Memories and Regrets (detail) , c. 1874, oil on canvas. The Clark, 1955.860