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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Introduction to the Wallace Collection
Course Date: Fri 2 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineEach week, we'll explore a different aspect of the Wallace Collection looking at its fine and decorative art objects, including paintings, furniture, porcelain and even arms and armour.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £60.00 -
Focus on: Michelangelo
Course Date: Sat 3 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineArtist, 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.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Focus on: Giotto
Course Date: Sun 4 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineDiscover the life and work of Giotto, was one of the earliest artists to be written about within his lifetime, his genius held up as the ideal by Italian painting critics for the next five centuries.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Looking at paintings
Course Date: Wed 7 Oct 2020 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OnlineLook at masterpieces in major London galleries in this introduction to European painting. Explore different painting techniques and genres (landscape, portrait and history painting) for a basic understanding and increased enjoyment of Western art.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £199.00Concession: £152.00 -
Art evolutions: Pop to post-internet art
Course Date: Thu 8 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineExplore art and culture in the late 20th century, focusing on the major developments and movements in art including Neo-Dada and Pop art, conceptual and performance, installation and Postmodernism, and their relationship to wider cultural contexts.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £249.00Concession: £152.00 -
Art and identity: from the High Renaissance to the Reformation
Course Date: Thu 8 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineExplore the legendary art and artists of the High Renaissance in Italy and the Netherlands from c. 1490-1540. Consider the role that ‘self-fashioning’ plays in their fame and notoriety through close reading engagement of a combination of images and texts.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £149.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £91.00 -
Focus on: Degas
Course Date: Sat 10 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineExplore Degas’s extraordinary legacy as ‘one of the founders of Impressionism’. His dynamic paintings and sketches of everyday life and activities, and his bold colour experiments will be examined throughout this informative weekend art history course.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
The art of 19th century Russia
Course Date: Mon 12 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineExplore the rich world of Russian art in the nineteenth century from epic academic canvases to radical breakaway works, and those who made and collected them. Running in partnership with Pushkin House.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £19.00Concession: £12.00 -
Friday lates: the Bauhaus in London
Course Date: Fri 16 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineThe Staatliches Bauhaus opened its doors in Weimar, Germany in 1919. Fourteen years later it was shut down by the Nazis. Celebrate 100 years of Modernism in architecture and design and discover how Bauhaus style spread to London.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £19.00Concession: £12.00 -
Russian Art: From Royalty to Revolution
Course Date: Sat 24 Oct 2020
Location on this date: OnlineExplore the fascinating world of Russian art from nineteenth century academicians and rebels to the art of the avant-garde at Pushkin House. Discover the links with art of the west and the emergence of a uniquely Russian aesthetic. Running in partnership with Pushkin House.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Medieval art and architecture
Course Date: Mon 2 Nov 2020
Location on this date: OnlineAn introduction to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Study the art of the era and the architecture of the prominent Gothic cathedrals and medieval buildings of the continent and England.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Art of the Russian Revolution
Course Date: Mon 2 Nov 2020
Location on this date: OnlineThe 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. Running in partnership with Pushkin House.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £19.00Concession: £12.00 -
In depth: exploring the sources of early Christian images
Course Date: Tue 3 Nov 2020
Location on this date: OnlineExplore the sources of early Christian images in depth. We'll consider the main developments, and the motivations behind their origins.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £169.00Senior fee: £135.00Concession: £103.00 -
London's smaller art collections
Course Date: Wed 4 Nov 2020
Location on this date: OnlineDiscover some of London’s fascinating smaller art collections and hidden art treasures on this online art history course.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £199.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £121.00 -
Spanish art: in the age of Picasso, Miro and Dali 1885-1936
Course Date: Wed 4 Nov 2020
Location on this date: OnlineReflecting a 'silver age' of literature, art in Spain before the Civil war encompasses the modernist genius of Picasso, Juan Gris and Miró; the surrealism of Dalí and the late Impressionism of Joaquín Sorolla.
This course will be delivered online. For more information please see our guide to online learning.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £129.00Concession: £79.00
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