London’s Villages and the Growth of the City
London is a collection of villages - to a degree greater than any other world city. Medieval villages expanded, particularly in the Georgian and Victorian periods. And, as the fields
London is a collection of villages - to a degree greater than any other world city. Medieval villages expanded, particularly in the Georgian and Victorian periods. And, as the fields
This course will explore the design and decoration of some of the most influential and fascinating domestic interiors in Western culture, highlighting both mainstream movements as well as interesting idiosyncratic
Late nineteenth-century Spain was in a state of flux, characterised by competing aesthetic ideas between tradition and the modern, religion and the secular, passionately-felt regional and national identities. Nowhere was
This course will explore an artist who is still seen as the epitome of the ideals that aligned themselves with the term Renaissance. We will chart the rise of Raphael
From JMW Turner and John Constable, to Chinese Masterpieces, Japanese Prints, Hokusai’s Mount Fuji, and Cézanne’s Mont Saint Victoire, artists have strived to capture landscape in all its beauty and
This series of study days will examine the relationship between music and painting during three contrasting eras: Dutch Baroque 1600-1700, English Classicism 1750-1810, and Romanticism, Impressionism and Expressionism 1800-1920. The first
Light illuminates, it moulds, it defines our mood – and, in art, its effects are determined by the artist’s tools. From gold leaf to photography, oil paint to the Louvre
Europe is at a turning point in its history. Questions about its unity and diversity are more relevant today than ever. This series of talks will address the concept of
The last 50 years have produced some of the most exciting and powerful music, painting and sculpture in history, but to many people it remains an undiscovered world. This course
Money may make the world go round, but it is also crucial to the development of the arts. The Renaissance across Europe was financed by Church, commerce and conquest, and
A look at some great strivers of the l9th century and their relationship with fame. Hans Christian Andersen enjoys it; Fanny Mendelssohn hankers after it; Benjamin Robert Haydon perishes for
The Loire valley is one of the great artistic centres of the world, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In glorious scenery, scattered along the length of the river,
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