Art History Courses in London
Our art history programme includes western art, Islamic art, Japanese art and the art of the Near East.
There are courses on curation for aspiring practitioners and a host of other art history courses on subjects as diverse as the history of fashion, comic books, urban art and artists' books that can be taken alone, or to complement surveys of periods. You can also study the history of photography, design, video and sound art. Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on 020 7492 2700 Monday - Friday between 10am - 5pm.
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Friday Lates: launching the YBAS - from warehouse to stardom
Course Date: Fri 28 Feb 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDid the YBAs unleash new artistic creativity or were they simply ambitious, self-promoting young art students from Goldsmiths determined to shock? Explore their art and the exhibitions which launched them; Freeze (1988) and Sensation (1997).Full fee: £25.00Senior fee: £25.00Concession: £15.00 -
Focus on: the art of Siena
Course Date: Sun 1 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThe golden panels of the Sienese masters are immediately identifiable but why was their work so different? Today we explore the art of Siena, its world, its symbolism and how it was made.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Royal palaces, patrons and art treasures
Course Date: Mon 2 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetMegalomaniac monarchs in the post-Renaissance period and the ambitious artists they employed to create their ‘mega collections’– a fascinating moment in art patronage. Explore the palaces, art and personalities that make up this history.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Artistic Synergies between Europe and the East from the Renaissance to the 19th Century
Course Date: Tue 3 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetAn exploration of five centuries of trade and cultural exchange between the Islamic East and Europe, looking at their impacts on the arts, sciences, scholarship, taste and technology.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Spanish art in the shadow of Franco (1936-2000)
Course Date: Wed 4 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the development of Spanish art from Picasso’s 1937 'Guernica' to the installations of Juan Muñoz in the 1980s and 1990s. We will focus on key episodes highlighting General Franco’s impact on Spanish art 1936-2000.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £129.00Concession: £79.00 -
Friday lates: Titian and the business of art
Course Date: Fri 6 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetTitian dominated the art of Venice for a large part of the 16th century, but how did he did he also become one of the most successful artists across Europe, selling originals and studio copies to kings and princes across the continent?Full fee: £25.00Senior fee: £25.00Concession: £15.00 -
Focus on: Velazquez
Course Date: Sun 8 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetInvestigate the work of the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, including enigmatic paintings such as Las Meninas (1656), and learn about how his art relates to his political role as court painter to Philip IV.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Focus on: Mughal court fashion in the 16th and 17th centuries
Course Date: Sun 15 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetStudy the distinctive sartorial identity of court attire under the early Mughal emperors of India, and its development from a fusion of Central Asian, Iranian and Indian traditions in textiles and dress.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Friday lates: female Surrealists in London
Course Date: Fri 20 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetFrom the occult to the abstract, explore the art London-based, female surrealists and their unique contributions to one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century.Full fee: £25.00Senior fee: £25.00Concession: £15.00 -
Art history taster
Course Date: Fri 27 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetEver wondered what art history is but don’t want to commit to a whole course? Try this taster session!Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £19.00Concession: £12.00 -
Focus on: Michelangelo
Course Date: Sun 29 Mar 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetArtist, architect, and poet, the Florentine sculptor Michelangelo changed the face of Rome in the early 16th century becoming art’s first ‘superstar’. We look at his patrons, his sources and some of his major works.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Art of the Russian Revolution
Course Date: Mon 30 Mar 2020
Location on this date: OS - Off SiteThe Russian Revolution changed Russia forever. Explore how its ideals and realities were expressed in the painting, design, photography, architecture, textiles, poetry, and films of the era. (At Pushkin House).Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £19.00Concession: £12.00 -
Landscape in art
Course Date: Mon 20 Apr 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetCan a depiction of a landscape ever simply be JUST a landscape? Or is it a view onto a wider world, is there a context or, in the words of David Hockney, a “bigger picture?”.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £60.00 -
Women in art 1800-1900
Course Date: Tue 21 Apr 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDuring the 19th century female painters and sculptors gained greater prominence, although a career in art was still challenging for women artists. In this course we examine their work and how such progress was achieved.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £129.00Concession: £79.00 -
Feminism in art: political use of the body
Course Date: Tue 21 Apr 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDiscover prominent modern and contemporary artists whose work can be broadly linked to the feminist project. We focus on the artistic use of body imagery within its respective political and social contexts.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00
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