
Autumn Courses on campus
Making Sense of The ‘Classical’ in Art
Dr Katherine Dunleavy
Tuesday 12 – Friday 15 September 2023
£475
An authoritative, yet also slippery concept, the ‘classical’ has had a major impact on the development of Western art and art history. This course investigates canonical examples of the visual arts of classical antiquity, alongside a much wider range of art works produced in antiquity across the Mediterranean. It engages critically with the uses and misuses of both the relics of antiquity and the concept of the ‘classical’ from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
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Making Sense of
Christian Iconography
Dr Federico Botana
Tuesday 12 – Friday 15 September 2023
£475
Christian themes dominated much of Western art up to the eighteenth century and beyond. This course introduces you to these themes and their historical contexts, and teaches you to recognise and understand the ways in which they were represented in the early Christian, medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
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Variations on a Theme: The Renaissance in Art and Music
Matteo Chirumbolo and Tamsin Lewis
Tuesday 12 – Thursday 14 September 2023
£360
An art historian and a musician explore shared themes, formal strategies and contexts of patronage and reception for these ‘sister arts’ during the Renaissance. The course examines a wide range of visual and aural materials and includes collections visits and live music performances.
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