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Start Date
30 September, 2025
There will be 10 weekly meetings on Tuesday, 2- 4pm, starting from 30 September.
Overview
The history of artistic production in Britain begins during the Bronze Age, tracing its development through ancient prehistory, to the Early Medieval Period, and beyond, this ten week course charts how artists active in the British isles have adopted and absorbed influences and styles from other nations, before then creating their own, idiosyncratic, artworks, in a variety of media. From early metal work to oil on canvas painting and more recent conceptual work, this course challenges the conventional perception that British Art is staid, polite, uninspiring and inferior.
This course seeks to challenge the conventional wisdom regarding British Art, to encourage you to look again at some of this nation’s great artistic treasures
This course is perfect for anyone with an interest in British Art, no prior knowledge is expected only a curiosity to learn more.
Syllabus
1. Art & Archelogy, the earliest British works.
2. Post Roman Britain and the Early Medieval Period
3. British Ecclesiastical Art of the Medieval Period
4. Early British Architecture
5. Court Painting & Early Portraiture, including Miniatures
6. The Grand Tourists
7. The Romantics
8. The Victorians
9. British Modernists
10. Later British Architecture
Please note that the ‘last date available to book’ date is only a guide. We reserve the right to close bookings earlier.
In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure enrol as soon as possible. Registrations will not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm.
Course Lecturer: Ed Williams
Ed Williams is an Art Historian who studied under Prof. Janina Ramirez at Oxford. He works at TATE Liverpool, he is a regular contributor to on-line publications, writing in the field of art history and art critique. His work involves regularly leading groups through exhibitions and giving public lectures, he previously taught undergraduate and postgraduate students at a number of Universities including the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Liverpool.
Courses fees: Full fee £155/Concession £80
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