Art History Courses in London
Interested in art history? Then why not browse our extensive range of art history courses, to explore debates and discover the work of some of the greatest artists of all time. Daytime, evening and weekend classes are available at our main learning centre in London's cultural heart - Covent Garden – and also take place in many of London’s galleries and museums, as well as online.
Many of our courses are delivered online. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning.
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Contemporary art in London summer exhibitions
Course Date: Tue 4 Aug 2020
Location on this date: OnlineExplore and discuss practices and themes within contemporary art, in relation London's newest and most exciting summer art exhibitions. This course runs entirely online, but will make reference to exhibitions taking place across the capital which you have the option to visit independently between classes should you wish.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Art history taster
Course Date: Mon 14 Sep 2020 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: OnlineEver wondered what art history is but don’t want to commit to a whole course? Wonder what's involved in online learning at City Lit? Try this taster session!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £10.00Senior fee: £10.00Concession: £10.00 -
Focus on: Bosch
Course Date: Sun 20 Sep 2020
Location on this date: OnlineCan knowledge of the society in which Hieronymus Bosch lived and worked help us understand his bizarre paintings? Was he suffering from mental illness or merely using visual metaphors we can no longer understand?
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Ways into Islamic art
Course Date: Mon 21 Sep 2020 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineAn introductory course providing an overview of the development of the visual language of Islamic cultures in Asia, Africa and Europe.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Caravaggio and his world
Course Date: Mon 21 Sep 2020
Location on this date: OnlineExplore the life and world of Caravaggio in the context of Counter-Reformation and baroque aesthetics; contemporaries and rivals like Giovanni Baglione, the Carracci, Orazio Gentileschi; and followers like Artemisia Gentileschi and the Dutch Caravaggisti.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £169.00Senior fee: £135.00Concession: £103.00 -
Costume and fashion in art
Course Date: Tue 22 Sep 2020
Location on this date: OnlineCostume from the past rarely survives, except in the depiction of it in paintings. Explore 500 years of costume in European art across a range of subject matter and decode the socio-political contexts and cultural identities contained within the choice of dress.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Women in art 1400-1800
Course Date: Wed 23 Sep 2020
Location on this date: OnlineThere were a significant number of highly talented female artists active during the 15th to 18th centuries, so why is their work not more famous? This course investigates and redresses this gender inequality.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Understanding contemporary art: ideas and origins
Course Date: Fri 25 Sep 2020 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineEver wondered what's going on in the mind of contemporary artists? This course explores the ideas and historical background behind some of today’s most intriguing works, from Conceptualism and Video to Body Art and Installation.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £129.00Concession: £79.00 -
The 'isms' of 20th century art
Course Date: Sat 26 Sep 2020
Location on this date: OnlineModern and Post-Modern art has systematically broken with long-established traditions of representation and content through a series of 'isms'. From Fauvism to Installation this course takes you through the 'isms' of the twentieth century.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £199.00Concession: £152.00 -
The 'isms' of 19th century art
Course Date: Sat 26 Sep 2020
Location on this date: OnlineTo understand the birth of modern art, we need to look to the long-established rules of representation and content that it challenged. From Neo-Classicism to Aestheticism this course takes you through the traditional to the avant-garde 'isms' of the nineteenth century.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £199.00Concession: £249.00 -
What makes a masterpiece
Course Date: Mon 28 Sep 2020
Location on this date: OnlineLook at works of art in the Western canon and ask why we consider them to be masterpieces. What formal qualities do they all share, if any, or is our interpretation of a masterpiece largely subjective?
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £169.00Senior fee: £135.00Concession: £103.00 -
The rise and fall of the Italian Renaissance
Course Date: Mon 28 Sep 2020
Location on this date: OnlineWhen, where and what was the Italian Renaissance? Explore it through the craft of its masters such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, Titian and others and trace its legacy.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £249.00Concession: £152.00 -
Art evolutions: Pre-Raphaelites to Expressionism
Course Date: Mon 28 Sep 2020 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineExplore art and culture in the late 19th century, focussing on the major developments in modern art including the Pre-Raphaelites, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Symbolism, and their relationship to wider cultural contexts.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £199.00Concession: £152.00 -
Women in modern and contemporary art
Course Date: Thu 1 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineDiscover the work of prominent modern and contemporary women artists from the early twentieth century to the present, looking at the political and social transformations reflected in the artworks.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £249.00Concession: £152.00 -
Islamic art in the medieval world
Course Date: Thu 1 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineA course examining the formation and development of Islamic Art and Design; looking at the role of ideology and patronage, and the key influences that went into its development and evolution.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £199.00Concession: £152.00
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