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ART, TEXTILES AND TRADE IN TRACENTO SIENA (ONLINE CLASS)
Jill Harrison
Tuesday 9 December 10.00am – 12.00pm, 1 week
Fees: £10/£8
This talk explores the vibrant art of key painters working in Siena during the exciting Trecento. The Sienese loved luxury, colour and design and had a strong sense of civic pride and identity. They used their colourful art to express their piety and political propaganda and also promote their trade in high-quality textiles. There was constant rivalry between Florence and Siena so using art to advertise the beauty of their goods was essential to their economic success.
We will look at a range of murals and panels, including those by the Lorenzetti brothers, Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi and how they used fabrics to represent Sienese identity. This talk ties in with the brilliant 2025 exhibition in the National Gallery, London- Siena-The Rise of Painting 1300- 1350.
A STUDY OF COLOUR THROUGH THE AGES IN THE HISTORY OF ART (ONLINE COURSE)
Jo Chapman Campbell
Starts: Thursday 15 January 10.00 am – 12.00pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 09 203
Week 1
The Book of Kells and other Insular Manuscripts use a variety of pigments across their folios. This seminar looks at the range, how they are made, their origin, how they are used by the artists and what effect colour has on the figural and ornamental decoration. What is the purpose of colour in this manuscript?
Week 2
The twelfth century and its huge changes across the British Isles after the Norman Conquest produced some exquisite manuscript illumination in centres such as Winchester, Canterbury and Bury St Edmunds. This seminar looks at the colour used in the various centres and the different use of colour by the various artists employed.
Week 3
This seminar looks at the use of colour in 14th c Italian painting, notably in Siena and Florence, identifying the use of gold and other expensive pigments, once again thinking about the trade in pigments and the availability of art materials for these artists of these years leading up to the Renaissance in Italy.
Week 4
This seminar examines the 16th century artists of Venice, notably Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese, and their use of colour for compositional and symbolical purposes. Again, the trade in pigments and the increasing number of manufactured pigments is discussed.
Week 5
The final seminar looks in detail at the Barbizon painters evident in the National Gallery in London, Corot, Daubigny, Courbet, Millet and Rousseau, and the use of colour in their landscapes and how the pigments are applied to the canvas. A wonderful selection of paintings are in London and have been meticulously studied.
PHOTOGRAPHY (IN PERSON COURSE)
Arran Sulley
Starts: Monday 2 March 6.30pm – 8.30pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 09 220
The course will cover the basics of camera operation and move on to more advanced skills. Starting with what button does what, composition, focus and exposure. We then move on to controlling aperture and shutter speeds to give us our own unique image. Then it’s time to explore the different genres of photography: landscape, portrait, street, black and white, low light and any others that the class would wish to try. We will also look at different editing techniques and software all in a fun and relaxed environment..
See also courses under Cinema and Literature & Languages for more on the Arts.
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