Medieval to Renaissance - at the V&A

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Spend a day at the V&A exploring different examples of material culture in medieval and renaissance Europe. We will be looking at sculpture, metal and glassware, tapestries and ceramics. We look at changes in the styles of architecture, decorative arts and sculpture from the Romanesque through to the Gothic and Renaissance.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Describe 2 key stylistic differences between late medieval and renaissance paintings
- Describe 2 key stylistic differences between late medieval and renaissance sculpture
- Discuss how the decorative arts were used to display status and piety.

You might wish to bring a notebook. You might wish to buy some of the books on any reading list given out in class.
Gallery entry is free. There will be a break for lunch in the V&A restaurant – lunch is not included.

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Subjects

  • Sculpture

Course programme

• Stylistic changes in from the medieval to the renaissance in paintings
• Depictions of courtly life in renaissance tapestries
• Changes in sculptural styles and the influence of classical Greece and Rome on the renaissance
• Materials and techniques and how their use effects the decorative effects achieved
• Displays of status and piety across the periods discussed.

The course will be taught offsite with guided gallery visits, group discussion and short group activities. Handouts will be provided by your tutor to support your learning on the course. Please note we are unable to guarantee stools in the rooms that we visit so you might have to stand and to walk between objects.

Additional information

You might also be interested in: • VB611 - Collectors and Curiosities - at the V&A • VB629 - From the Grand Tour to the Great Exhibition at the V&A. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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Medieval to Renaissance - at the V&A

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