Art Appreciation Courses
Understand and interpret artworks with greater confidence. Learn about artists, styles and movements while developing your ability to discuss visual culture. Ideal for anyone wanting a deeper connection with art.
Great Roman Collections
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Great Roman Collections
<p>This course takes you to Rome’s great art collections: the Capitoline and Vatican Museums, Galleria Borghese, Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Pamphilj; their magnificent locations, their genesis and
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A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
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A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
<p>In every century there have been outstanding women artists who have achieved a reputation that has tested time and sat well-earned, alongside their male colleagues. Often their life stories are
...Approximately 5 hours
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From French Royalty to Empire - Art and decorative elegance from Louis XIV's Versailles to Napoleon
<p>French monarchs managed their images as carefully as any self-branded celebrity today. How did Louis XIV use the artisans and artists of the day through his patronage to enhance and dazzle his
...Approximately 4 hours
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Portraits of Russia: Rublëv, Pushkin, Turgenev, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky
<p>This course, focussed on the life and work of some of Russia’s most outstanding personalities, will begin with the work of Andrey Rublëv, Russia’s most famous icon painter, and his circle, and the
...Approximately 6 hours
Living Art History in Kyoto
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Living Art History in Kyoto
<p>Kyoto is a city where art, history and daily life remain closely intertwined. This course explores Kyoto through a famous 17th-century painting, using it as a guide to the city’s evolving
...Living Art History in Kyoto
<p>Kyoto is a city where art, history and daily life remain closely intertwined. This course explores Kyoto through a famous 17th-century painting, using it as a guide to the city’s evolving
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Art and Philosophy
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Art and Philosophy
<p>This course looks at the reciprocal relationship between Western art and philosophy. Artists are often been inspired by the thinkers of their time and philosophers have reflected on the meaning and
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Women in the Shadow
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Women in the Shadow
<p>We will dig deep to discover the army of women who were busy working in the shadow, while men happily bathed in the spotlight. Each week of this course will be devoted to a different area of study
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An Introduction to Art History
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An Introduction to Art History
<p>Be introduced to art history. From Neanderthal drawing until now. Gain an overarching "big picture" schema for how art has defined societies and culture.</p>
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The Baroque - from Bernini to Rubens
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The Baroque - from Bernini to Rubens
<p>The Baroque period produced some of Europe’s most dramatic art, music and architecture. This course explores the Baroque world from Bernini to Rubens, examining how movement, emotion and spectacle
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Cycladic "Art" - 5,000 Years Young
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Cycladic "Art" - 5,000 Years Young
<p>Ancient Cycladic figurines were once dismissed as primitive but later inspired modern artists such as Picasso and Henry Moore. This course explores their form, meaning and cultural context, tracing
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