Community Classroom - Art History
Identity in Art and Architecture
This short seven-week course is a whistle-stop whizz through one recurring theme of art history, identity. Designed for utter novices and the slightly more knowledgeable, we will explore the Baroque drama of Gentileschi, Chris Ofili's sacred images covered with elephant dung (and explicit imagery), Frida Kahlo's anti-capitalist statements and many more.
Choosing the juiciest of artworks and buildings, this course will give you a delicious insight into other worlds and cultures, including elements of the Art History A-level (thankfully, without the essays...) Everyone is very much welcome!
Open to everyone aged 16 and over.
Course Schedule
Wed 29 Sep - 13 Oct & Wed 3 - 24 Nov 2021
Every Wednesday 6.45pm - 8.15pm
At Surbiton High School, 13 Surbiton Crescent, KT1 2JT
Every Wednesday 6.45pm - 8.15pm
At Surbiton High School, 13 Surbiton Crescent, KT1 2JT
Programme of Study
Week 1 An Overview in 10 Objects
Week 2 From Propaganda to Patriotism: Portraiture in 2D
Week 3 From Blood to Marble: Portraiture in 3D
Half Term
Week 4 Gender - Have artists always conformed to gender norms?
Week 5 The Divine - How have deities been shown around the world?
Week 6 Ethnicity - Why is the Holy Virgin Mary only ever depicted with fair skin?
Week 7 Architecture - How can you tell purpose from appearance?
Course Leader
Lissie Matts, MA University of Edinburgh
Having achieved her MA at the University of Edinburgh, Lissie Matts has now been teaching History of Art A-level for nine years, at three different schools. She fell in love with the subject on a trip to Florence, aged 16, where having seen Michelangelo's David (and quite frankly, his fantastic bottom), she promptly decided she wanted to spend her life immersed in the art historical world and all things it involved. She has a rather niche fascination with the Northern Renaissance and loves nothing more than convincing someone to change their opinion on how they feel about a work of art.
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