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Sat 6 Feb, 2021 Art History Short Courses
Short Courses Virtual Open Morning
To find out if art history at The Courtauld is for you, join our short courses open morning on 6 February, from 11:00-13.00. This free event will offer a series of short talks on subjects ranging from Renaissance luxury to Pop Art, via William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds, J.M.W. Turner…
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Sat 28 Nov, 2020 Art History Short Courses
[ONLINE] Imperial Visions: Art, Architecture and the Brit...
This event starts at 22:00-00:15 (Singapore); 19:30-21:45 (India); 19:00-21:15 (Pakistan); 14:00-16:15 (London); 09:00-11:15 (New York); 06:00-08:15 (Los Angeles) Please note while we encourage people to attend the live event, a recording will be made available for a few days afterwards, until midnight (London time) on Tuesday 1 December, in case…
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Sat 14 Mar, 2020 Art History Short Courses
The Art of Mantua: Power and Patronage in the Renaissance
Our Saturday Study Events offer an intense engagement with works of art in their cultural contexts. They are led by one, two or more expert speakers and happen once a term. This day is dedicated to the exploration of the rich artistic heritage of the small but influential city…
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Tue 28 Apr, 2020 - Tue 26 May, 2020 Art History Short Courses
Showcasing Art History: West Coast Stories – Southern Cal...
The summer term lectures will take us to the West Coast of the USA, and in particular to Southern California – an artistic centre quite apart, in its self-image, its institutions and its cultural roots from the generally better-known art-scene of the East Coast. We shall focus largely on the…
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Tue 14 Jan, 2020 Art History Short Courses
Showcasing Art History: Art and Society in Renaissance Fl...
The art of Renaissance Florence is often held up as one of the high-water marks of western culture. In this course, we will judge the veracity of this statement, by examining the art produced in the city, its salient stylistic features and its innovations, together with the men (and occasionally…
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Sat 23 Nov, 2019 Art History Short Courses
William Hazlitt and Art in Britain – Saturday Study...
Our Saturday Study Events offer an intense engagement with works of art in their cultural contexts. They are led by one, two or more expert speakers and happen once a term. The next Saturday Study Event will take place on 23 November 2019, 14:00 – 17:00, with registration from 13.30…
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Sat 4 May, 2019 Saturday Study Events in Art History
New Light on the Art of Renaissance Florence
Saturday Study Events in Art History Our Saturday Study Events offer an intense engagement with works of art in their cultural contexts. They are led by one, two or more expert speakers and happen once a term. The next Saturday Study Event will take place on 4 May at…
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Mon 8 Apr, 2019 - Wed 10 Apr, 2019 Spring and Autumn Schools
An Introduction to J. M. W. Turner: Theory and Practice
This course introduces students to the art of J.M.W. Turner through an exploration of his ground-breaking theories and techniques. Each day we shall take as our starting point a different medium – oil, watercolour and print – and examine the material properties and technical challenges specific to that art form.…
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Sat 23 Mar, 2019 Saturday Study Events in Art History
Ruskin’s Modernity
Our Saturday Study Events offer an intense engagement with works of art in their cultural contexts. They are led by one, two or more expert speakers and happen once a term. The next Saturday Study Event will take place on 23 March at Vernon Square, 2-4 pm, with registration from…
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Mon 9 Sep, 2019 - Thu 12 Sep, 2019 Art History Short Courses
An Introduction to the Arts of Islam
This course introduces students to the arts and architecture of the Islamic world, which has been a burgeoning area of interest for scholarship, museums, galleries, auction houses and collectors. From Spain to India, from monumental buildings such as the Dome of the Rock to the Taj Mahal, and from luxury…
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Mon 9 Sep, 2019 - Wed 11 Sep, 2019 Art History Short Courses
Battlegrounds: Eighteenth-century British Art and its Int...
This course plunges into what has become one of the most fought-over fields of art history: the interpretation of eighteenth-century British art. The sudden eruption of radical new approaches in the 1980s brought a new generation of scholars into view who challenged the status of established voices. At stake, was…
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Mon 8 Apr, 2019 - Thu 11 Apr, 2019 Art History Short Courses
Ideas on Art: A Beginner’s Course in Art Theory, c...
Philosophical theories on the nature, characteristics and function of art, and more narrowly, on beauty, have been very influential in the development of art history and in the ways we have interpreted, and sometimes also made, images. The names of their authors crop up time and again in art-historical texts…
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Mon 8 Apr, 2019 - Thu 11 Apr, 2019 Art History Short Courses
An Introduction to Christian Iconography
The Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Christ, prophets and saints, the Last Judgement, Paradise and Hell: these subjects have inspired artists to create some of the most outstanding works in the history of art. They all are Christian themes and originate in texts – in the Old Testament of the…
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Tue 25 Apr, 2017 - Tue 23 May, 2017 Art History Short Courses
Art and the Senses – Showcasing Art History Lecture...
These five talks are given by experts in the field and are intended as an introduction into the vibrant and expanding field of sensory studies of the arts. Lectures take place 7-8pm, followed by drinks to 9pm Click here for further details of how to book
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