Art History

Course

Blended

£ 6,550 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Duration

    6 Weeks

This close, first-hand experience of paintings, sculpture and architecture acts as a natural springboard for cultural discussion.

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Course programme

Art History in Italy

Venice (10 nights), Verona (4 nights), Florence (10 nights), Siena (4 nights), Naples (4 nights) and Rome (10 nights). We make day excursions to at least six of the following towns: Padua, Vicenza, Bologna, Ravenna, Modena, Urbino, Pisa, San Gimignano, Arezzo, Orvieto, Pompeii and Tivoli.
The course is taught entirely on-site, with a typical day split into morning and afternoon tutorial sessions, not too long and not too short (visiting 2-4 sites in each). This close, first-hand experience of paintings, sculpture and architecture acts as a natural springboard for cultural discussion.
The itinerary is very carefully designed to be chronological and thematic within the restraints of geographical location (not too much walking!) and opening times. The first five days are usually spent working on the basic themes and subjects, which are worked up throughout the entire course. In this way, a series of cross-references builds up over the duration of six weeks as recurrent themes pose themselves, and a solid foundation in terminology is created: architectural (vocabulary and descriptive terms), classical or biblical narrative (myths and stories), geographical (Italy and Europe), basic datelines, and general themes (like politics, propaganda and patronage)...all the better to let discussion flow.
From the twentieth century we study the following at the Guggenheim in Venice
Ernst, Picasso, Braque, Pollock, Chigall, Dalì, De Chirico, Duchamp, Lèger, Kandinsky, Klee, Mondrian, Mirò, Malevich, Rothko, Bacon, Marini, Magritte, Brancusi, Calder.

Various contemporary artists are studied at temporary exhibitions held throughout Italy.

This list, though exhaustive, is by no means complete. There are many monuments missing, the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain or the mosaics at Ravenna, for example. It is also not absolutely secure that we will be able to see all of the above - sometimes churches are closed and on some courses we go to Bologna (including Ravenna and Modena) while at other times we go to Verona (including Mantua)

Other areas not covered by the above are nineteenth century Macchioli, such as Fattori, who we may see if there is time in the Gallery of Modern art in the Pitti palace, Florence.

Art History

£ 6,550 VAT inc.