This 6 week course is an introduction to the main themes and styles, periods, artists and movements in Art History.
Covering an extensive timeline from prehistory to contemporary art, we will be looking at particular examples of architecture, sculpture, painting, photography/film and installation art to discuss form and function, social/historical and political contexts and the artists themselves.
The first part of each session will consist of a short talk, on selected periods/themes in Art History followed by a group discussion. By the end of the course you will have a good overview of the major periods and art movements in Art History and some insights into notable art and architecture created by artists/sculptors/architects throughout history to the present day!
Dates: Thursday evenings 7.00pm to 8.30pm – each session 90 minutes
6 weeks commencing Thursday 2nd November 2023
Cost £60 for the course
Week 1 – Prehistory and the Ancient World
Week 2 – Medieval Art to The Renaissance
Week 3 – Post Renaissance to 18th Century
Week 4 – 18th/19th Century – Romanticism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism
Week 5 – 20th Century Art – Modernism and Postmodernism
Week 6 – Late 20th Century to Contemporary Art
Tutor: Steve Roberts
