Art Appreciation

The course is an introduction to the lives of the European Baroque Artists of the 17th Century.

The course will look at artists of the 18th century Rococo period. Each session will be a short biography of an artist told through a PowerPoint presentation. Artists included will be: Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Tiepolo, and Watteau. We shall also take a look at Neoclassical artists like David and Ingres. This is an exciting period of history which includes the rise of the British Empire and the French revolution.

The course will look at artists of the late 18th to early 19th century. Each session will be a short biography of an artist told through a PowerPoint presentation. Artists included will be: Constable, Turner, Friedrich and Delacroix. This is an interesting period of history when artist’s voices were becoming more radical.