Art History: Art throughout the ages - An overview Event Information page

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 2^nd 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