The Courtauld Course

 

This course comprises a series of seven two hour workshops culminating in a visit to the Courtauld Gallery in London. You will be introduce in each session to one of seven key paintings displayed at the Courtauld. In groups, you will study and discuss the painting in detail. Facilitated by your tutor, you will become your own expert on these paintings. Your knowledge and understanding will then be tested by a fun quiz trail at the Courtauld in the final week.

 

Day:  TBC

 

Dates: 

 

Time: TBC (11.00 am - 3.00 pm London)

 

Length: Over 8 weeks (seven two hour sessions in a Bucks venue; one four hour session at the Courtauld/Banqueting Hall with a break for lunch)

 

Venue: TBC and the Courtauld Gallery and Banqueting Hall, London

 

Proposed Content: (subject to change depending on current displays)

 

1. Adam and Eve -  Lucas Cranach the Elder 1526

2. A Bar at the Folies-Bergere -  Edouard Manet 1881-2

3. The Toll Gate - Henri Rousseau c. 1890

4. Still Life with Plaster Cupid - Paul Cezanne 1894

5. Nevermore - Paul Gauguin 1897

6. La Ciotat - Othon Freisz 1907

7. On the theme of the Last Judgement - Wassily Kandinsky 1913

8. Visit to the Courtauld/Leighton House

 

Course Fee: £100.00 (including refreshments and Courtauld entrance fee)