Sherlock Holmes With "A Little Art Jargon"
4-weeks (last 4) | Registration opens 2/14/2026 9:00 AM EST
We will examine the Sherlock Holmes stories both in general and from the perspective of material arts. We will read a portion of one novella and all of four stories, not necessarily the most popular ones. Readings will include:
A Study in Scarlet, Chapters 1 and 2 (19 pgs.) and “A Case of Identity” (20 pgs.)
“Silver Blaze” (29 pgs.)
“The Greek Interpreter” (21 pgs.)
“The Six Napoleons” (24 pgs.)
Materials: An anthology of Sherlock Holmes (for example, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection; this can be purchased on Kindle for $0.99, although it contains no illustrations or notes). Participants interested in books with annotations may seek editions edited by Leslie Klinger and others.
Candace Lewis
Candace J. Lewis is an art historian with a Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, in the field of early Chinese art. She taught art history at Vassar College from 1983 to 1993, and later taught art history as an adjunct at Marist College from 1999 to 2010. She has authored or co-authored four books published by Baker Street Press on the subject of Sherlock Holmes, and contributed essays on Sherlock Holmes and art.