Beginning with the artistic revolution ignited by Caravaggio, the ‘rock star’ of Western art history, this eight-session course explores techniques, culture and innovation in Europe between the seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. Participants engage with themes ranging from Rembrandt’s poetic naturalism in the Dutch Golden Age to expressions of royal and religious power during the Baroque, and from Rococo frivolity in Louis XV’s France to the genius of Turner in pre-Victorian England. Radical new ideas such as Neoclassicism and Romanticism are explored alongside the shifting nature of the art market in cities such as London, Paris and Amsterdam.
Suitable for beginners as well as those with prior knowledge looking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of Western Art in the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
This course includes:
- Eight-week term, with a half-term break;
- Lecture with time for questions and discussions each week;
- Wine receptions with faculty and fellow participants each term;
- Learning in the Institute's historic Georgian townhouse campus at the heart of Bloomsbury;
- Certificate of participation upon completion of the course.
Please note this course is one of a three-part module with Autumn, Spring, and Summer sessions. Click here to learn more about these modules.