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Art Appreciation: The Lost Stars of the Renaissance - Art History
In this course, we will discuss in detail works from lesser-known painters of the Renaissance era. Since the High Renaissance is much better known, we will look at artists from the fifteenth century, who were very highly thought of at the time. They were influential and sought-after by the powerful in Florence.
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Dates:Tue 18/02/2025 -
Tue 11/03/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:Pyrton Village Hall (Watlington)
Pyrton
Watlington
OX49 5APTutor:Kate PhillipsCourse code:Q00017589How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £40.00
Art Appreciation: Women Artists in Victorian London
Over the last twenty years, research and exhibitions have brought to our attention a great number of Victorian women artists. From Emily Mary Osborn and Lady Butler (aka Elizabeth Thompson) to Evelyn De Morgan, 19th century London did not lack great women artists. They lived in a society that globally remained hostile to independent career women. We will see how they trained, what they painted and his which style, and how they balanced the pressure of social norms and their personal ambition.
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Dates:Tue 18/02/2025 -
Tue 18/02/2025Times:10:00am - 1:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00019201How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:6 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £11.10
Art and the Arts in 1950s
If there is such a thing, at any time the “national mood” in any country is reflected in the cultural products of the period - visual works, theatre productions, the movies, the literature. The course will provide an overview of the decade from the artistic and cultural viewpoint. This will include the art movements which emerged such as Abstract Expressionism, exemplified by people like Jackson Pollock, music developments such as rock'n'roll famously promoted by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and many others and epoch-making movies such as West Side Story.
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Dates:Thu 20/02/2025 -
Thu 27/03/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Enfield Baptist Church (Enfield) (Enfiel
Cecil Road
Enfield
EN2 6TGTutor:Colin LomasCourse code:Q00017413How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £72.00
Art Appreciation: The Art of Easter
Are you fascinated by art and how it developed, and would like to know more? The story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus has been at the forefront of western art for 2,000 years - from early inscriptions in the catacombs, medieval altarpieces and Leonardo’s Last Supper, to the twentieth century works of artists such as Marc Chagall and Graham Sutherland. This lavishly illustrated six week course takes you through the Easter story through the eyes of the major artists.
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Dates:Mon 24/02/2025 -
Mon 31/03/2025Times:11:00am - 12:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:David BrindleyCourse code:Q00009348How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £55.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Art Appreciation: British Women Artists: 1970-2020
This course will focus on a selection of British female artists whose work, encompassing a wide range of themes and practices, can be seen to respond to the rapidly changing social, political and cultural milieu of the last five decades. Artists to be studied include Susan Hiller, Lubaina Himid, Sonia Boyce, Jenny Saville, Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Chila Kumari Burman, Tania Kovats, Claudette Johnson, Rana Begum and many more.
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Dates:Tue 25/02/2025 -
Tue 18/03/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:Bedhampton Community Centre (Havant)
21 Bedhampton Road
Bedhampton
Havant
PO9 3ESTutor:Michaela CranmerCourse code:Q00021008How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.60
Art Appreciation: French Art from Louis XIV (17th c.) to the French Revolution (1789)
In this course, we will have a look at an exciting and troubling period in the history of French art: the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. Stretching from the 1640s to the 1790s, this period saw the rise of absolutism as well as its demise, with the French Revolution.
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Dates:Tue 25/02/2025 -
Tue 01/04/2025Times:1:30pm - 3:30pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:St John's United Reform Church Orpington
Lynwood Grove
Orpington
BR6 0BGTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00017569How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £40.00
Literature: Six Classic Novels you can read in Six weeks
Each week we focus on a classic work of fiction, reading and discussing key passages. The texts include short novels which can be read in one week, and longer novels which we’ll study over two weeks. The course is organised chronologically and spans over 200 years, from the mid-19th century to modern times. We begin with Jane Eyre and end with Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. We’ll share and debate interpretations, sharpen our critical and appreciative faculties, understand what fiction can tell us about the society and culture that produced it, and, hopefully, be inspired to read other works by the writers featured on the course.
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Dates:Tue 25/02/2025 -
Tue 01/04/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Enfield Baptist Church (Enfield) (Enfiel
Cecil Road
Enfield
EN2 6TGTutor:Brandon RobshawCourse code:Q00017423How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:4 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £72.00
Art Appreciation: Painting in Early Renaissance Florence
Florence is one of the most beautiful and artistically endowed cities in Europe, and although recent scholarship has looked critically at her claim to be the epicentre of the ‘Italian Renaissance’, it remains true that many important advances in painting were made there between 14C-16C. This course aims to re-examine Florence’s position in the ‘Renaissance’ by studying both the role played by the patrons, the wealthy merchant bankers like the Medici, and the artists such as Botticelli, Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci, and many others.
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Dates:Sat 01/03/2025 -
Sat 01/03/2025Times:10:00am - 4:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:Reading International Solidarity Centre
35-39 London Street
Reading
RG1 4PSTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00018038How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £25.20
Art Appreciation: Art in a 100 paintings
This course aims to enable you to make sense of art works you might encounter in a gallery. You will fit 100 paintings- or two-dimensional pieces- into a time line of historical events, places, styles and paradigms. Using art appreciation skills from the first session , you will examine works in a virtual tour of a major gallery that come from another time and place. The course will enable you to create your own personal ‘Gallery of 100 paintings.
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Dates:Tue 04/03/2025 -
Tue 18/03/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:Blofield Court House (BLOFIELD)
28 Yarmouth Road
BLOFIELD
NR13 4JUTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00019919How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £25.20
Art Appreciation: Spanish painters from Velazquez to Miro
An introduction to the rich history of painting in Spain, which had produced some of the most important and influential artists in art history - from Baroque masters Velázquez, El Greco, and Murillo to romantic figurehead Goya and impressionist Sorolla to the vital role Spanish painters like Dalí, Picasso and Miró played in the development of 20th Century Art.
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Dates:Thu 06/03/2025 -
Thu 10/04/2025Times:2:45pm - 4:45pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Ruth MulandiCourse code:Q00017449How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:0 places remainingStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £44.40