Art history
Are you interested in art history and how to interpret art? Then why not browse our range of art history courses and choose from introductory courses, or explore further into practices, 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.
Contact us to find out more about art history - call 020 7492 2700 Monday - Friday between 10am - 5pm or email [email protected].
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Design evolutions: Arts and Crafts to Art Deco
Course Date: Sat 27 Oct 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetStudy the design reform movements – Arts and Crafts, Aesthetic Movement, Art Nouveau and Art Deco – and analyse a wide range of products, including fashion and textiles, graphics, architecture and furniture. Includes a museum visit.Full fee: £149.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £91.00 -
Key architects you should know
Course Date: Sat 27 Oct 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetStudy significant contributors - including Wren, Pugin, Gaudi and Le Corbusier - to Western architectural styles, from Gothic to postmodern, considering function and materials as well as social, political and cultural contexts. This course includes building visits.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £127.00Concession: £97.00 -
Focus on: the Body in 20th century art
Course Date: Sun 28 Oct 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the representation of body and body-related practices by prominent modern and contemporary artists from the early twentieth century to the present. We study the works within their respective political and social contexts. #arthistory #weekendcourse #modernart #contemporaryart.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Drawing Art History
Course Date: Fri 2 Nov 2018
Location on this date: OS - Off SiteExplore the work of art history’s greats from the perspective of drawing to gain a unique insight into the complexities of the artistic practice of artists like Michelangelo, Matisse and Bridget Riley. #arthistory #drawing #draw #britishmuseum #VandA #nationalgallery.Full fee: £149.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £91.00 -
Friday Lates: The Art of Getting Lost - a beginners guide to Psychogeography
Course Date: Fri 2 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetFrom pub crawls to punk rock, via comic books, action painting and Hegelian philosophy; hear the unlikely tale of the Situationists: international artist-revolutionaries who tried to change the world itself into a work of art. #arthistory #fridaylates #Psychogeography.Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £15.00Concession: £12.00 -
The silver age of Spanish art: 1885-1936
Course Date: Wed 7 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetReflecting 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. #JoaquinSorolla #dali #joanmiro #picasso #spanishart #arthistory #eveningclass.Full fee: £149.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £91.00 -
Art in the 1920s and 1930s: Western art between the wars
Course Date: Thu 8 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDiscover how art in Europe and America between the wars reacted to the culture of the times. Explore the experimental world of Surrealism, political art and abstract art. #arthistory #modernart #twentiethcenturyart.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Focus on: Salvador Dali
Course Date: Sun 11 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetMadman or genius? Discover some of the many projects of the long and multi-faceted career of the artist and
self-proclaimed master of the paranoiac-critical method, from his personal brand of surrealism to his later 'nuclear mysticism'.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Fakes and forgeries
Course Date: Wed 14 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetInvestigate the boundaries between fact, fakes and fictions in art, looking at different interpretations of authenticity, through classroom lessons and visits to the National Gallery and the British Museum. #arthistory #fakes #forgeries.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Collecting contemporary art
Course Date: Fri 16 Nov 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetEverything you wanted to know about collecting contemporary art but were afraid to ask. Discover how and where to buy art in today’s marketplace and get to know your lithographs from your etchings, auctions from online, and commission from conservation.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £127.00Concession: £97.00 -
Focus on: Art and Medicine
Course Date: Sun 18 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetFrom the Classical World to the Contemporary what might the sick body in art tell us about cultural beliefs and what it means to be human?Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
The Arts of the Book in the Islamic World
Course Date: Sun 25 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetStudy book design and production in the Islamic world. The art of the book is one of the cornerstones of Islamic visual culture, with the role of the Qur’an driving the development of the arts in general. #islamicart #arthistory #weekendcourse #Kitabkhane #artsofthebook #ArabicCalligraphy #IslamicIllumination #MiniaturePainting.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Friday Lates: Poster Art - Print, Pop and Propaganda
Course Date: Fri 30 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetGet a snapshot of the eye-catching and colourful world of poster art, from Belle Époque decadence to Avant-Garde dynamism; from Art Nouveau to Atelier Populaire, and the everyday glamour of Pop. #arthistory #fridaylates #posterart #print #propaganda.Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £15.00Concession: £12.00 -
A grand day out: the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Course Date: Fri 30 Nov 2018
Location on this date: OS - Off SiteExplore different aspects of the permanent collection of paintings, antiquities and decorative arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on this one-day, location-based course.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00 -
Focus on: the art of the Fanzine
Course Date: Sun 2 Dec 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetFor over 80 years the radical imagery and underground passions of fanzines have defined DIY culture. From their earliest examples to today, we explore content, technique and the relation of ‘zines to wider artistic practices. #arthistory #fanzine #weekendcourse.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00