Courses
Art Appreciation Courses
See art through history, ideas, and interpretation.
Explore major artworks, artists, and movements across different periods and styles. These courses focus on understanding visual culture and developing confidence in discussing and interpreting art in context.
8,000 Years of Chinese Traditional Art
8,000 Years of Chinese Traditional Art
<p>This visually rich course offers a chronological journey through the major traditions of Chinese art, from prehistoric cultures to the final imperial era of the Qing dynasty. Set against the
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A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
<p>In every century there have been outstanding women artists who have achieved a reputation that has tested time and sat well-earned, alongside their male colleagues. Often their life stories are
...Approximately 5 hours
From French Royalty to Empire - Art and decorative elegance from Louis XIV's Versailles to Napoleon
From French Royalty to Empire - Art and decorative elegance from Louis XIV's Versailles to Napoleon
<p>French monarchs managed their images as carefully as any self-branded celebrity today. How did Louis XIV use the artisans and artists of the day through his patronage to enhance and dazzle his
...Approximately 4 hours
Portraits of Russia: Rublëv, Pushkin, Turgenev, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky
Portraits of Russia: Rublëv, Pushkin, Turgenev, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky
<p>This course, focussed on the life and work of some of Russia’s most outstanding personalities, will begin with the work of Andrey Rublëv, Russia’s most famous icon painter, and his circle, and the
...Approximately 6 hours
Anne Boleyn: Capturing Her Image
Anne Boleyn: Capturing Her Image
<p>Nearly 500 years after her death, Anne Boleyn still exerts a remarkable hold on the historical imagination. This course explores the long debate over what she truly looked like and why her image
...Anne Boleyn: Capturing Her Image
<p>Nearly 500 years after her death, Anne Boleyn still exerts a remarkable hold on the historical imagination. This course explores the long debate over what she truly looked like and why her image
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Édouard Manet: Pastiche, Provocation, Modernity
Édouard Manet: Pastiche, Provocation, Modernity
<p>Édouard Manet was one of the most influential and controversial artists of the nineteenth century. Rejecting many of the conventions of academic painting, he created works that shocked audiences
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Art and Philosophy
Art and Philosophy
<p>This course looks at the reciprocal relationship between Western art and philosophy. Artists are often been inspired by the thinkers of their time and philosophers have reflected on the meaning and
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Art and Philosophy
<p>This course looks at the reciprocal relationship between Western art and philosophy. Artists are often been inspired by the thinkers of their time and philosophers have reflected on the meaning and
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Art and Politics: Nationalism, Fascism and Modern Italian Art
Art and Politics: Nationalism, Fascism and Modern Italian Art
<p>How does art respond when politics becomes extreme? This course explores the complex relationship between nationalism, Fascism, anti-Fascism and artistic expression in twentieth-century Italy.
...Art and Politics: Nationalism, Fascism and Modern Italian Art
<p>How does art respond when politics becomes extreme? This course explores the complex relationship between nationalism, Fascism, anti-Fascism and artistic expression in twentieth-century Italy.
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The Art of the British East India Company: Indian Painting after the Mughals
The Art of the British East India Company: Indian Painting after the Mughals
<p>As the British East India Company expanded across India and South-East Asia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it commissioned a remarkable body of art that blended European interests
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James McNeill Whistler: Beauty, Art and Controversy
James McNeill Whistler: Beauty, Art and Controversy
<p>James McNeill Whistler believed that art should be appreciated for its beauty rather than judged by the stories it told. Yet his work often provoked controversy, culminating in his famous legal
...James McNeill Whistler: Beauty, Art and Controversy
<p>James McNeill Whistler believed that art should be appreciated for its beauty rather than judged by the stories it told. Yet his work often provoked controversy, culminating in his famous legal
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