Most of London’s housing stock now dates from no earlier than the beginning of the eighteenth century. The forms that its dwellings have taken since the time of the Great

The concept of the solitary male genius has been a dominant theme of Western art histories. Wives, mistresses, partners and collaborators have often been chased into the shadows, even if

We will explore the fascinating and exacting world of C19th British horticulture and its development as a respectable, skilled Victorian trade which matured into a competitive gardening community with the

Ever since its inception two-hundred years ago, the National Gallery has been open to the public free of charge. Starting with a small collection, it has grown to just over

Over the centuries, composers and painters have often drawn inspiration from the same subject matter – a crow on a dead branch, a lonely traveller, a man contemplating the moon,

Portraits, piety, the classical world – it is the great celebratory themes which dominate our perception of the history of art, but the artist’s familiar world, both personal and social,

This course will study the social and cultural history of Japan through the changing roles of Women through the ages.  Most social history is recorded through the achievements of men,

Performance of all kinds – from opera and dance to the spoken-word and many other manifestations in between – has been a site of fascination for artists. With the advent

London of the Victorian and Edwardian period is all around us, so much so that we scarcely register the scale of building, and the ambition and inventiveness of the architecture

In 1863, a 31year old artist exhibited a masterpiece, Luncheon on the Grass (Déjeuner sur l’Herbe) at the notorious Salon des Refusés in Paris. From that moment on, Edouard Manet

Twentieth-century London was characterised by profound change as the emergence of new superpower nations, world wars, and the end of empire caused profound shifts in the nation’s social, economic and