This introductory course will explore the main stylistic and iconographic themes in Islamic art and highlight the diversity of its expressions.
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This course will explore the English medieval cathedral as a developing institution which survived over a thousand years of religious upheaval and historical change, focusing on the multifaceted architecture of a range of truly great churches.
How did one artist help shape a global artistic language? Discover how Rubens’ dynamic style travelled across Europe and beyond, linking courts, empires, and cultures.
During this flexible online course, learn how to study and analyse paintings, drawings and prints, and learn the 'language of looking'.
Explore the culture of the English country house from its architectural form, social manners and distinctions to the furnishings and artistic manifestations of taste, as an expression of power and influence in a changing society.
Explore Impressionism and modern life in nineteenth-century France through the work of Monet, Manet, Degas and their contemporaries. This course examines Impressionist techniques, women Impressionists, critical responses to the exhibitions, and the moveme
Beginning with the vital structural innovations of the late Victorian era, this online course traces the rise and spread of modernism in European and American architecture, and concludes by examining contemporary architecture and future possibilities.
This guided viewing in the Ashmolean Museum will centre on twelve of Raphael’s drawings, from which we will also consider relationships with his paintings. It will cover the main periods of his career, techniques and working methods.
Join the curators and others from ‘behind the scenes’ of the Ashmolean’s major exhibition, 'Renaissance Worlds: Art and the Senses’, to discover the stories behind the show.
This course provides an introduction to the legal and ethical issues arising in the art and cultural heritage sectors today. Aimed at all those engaged in the art world, it will outline principles and practices, exploring cases from the UK and beyond.
Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt are the two major women artists of French Impressionism. They fought hard to overcome obstacles and to succeed in the Paris art world. This course will examine their achievements and their place in art history.
Discover the evolution of the Arts and Crafts movement, before then exploring the extension of its philosophy and practices into the garden, especially the work of Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson.