Our short online courses in the history of art include live-time weekly classes, day schools, lecture series and flexible online courses.
Many people feel that Modern Art, from 1900 to the present day, is more difficult to understand than art of the past. By looking at and discussing a wide range of works, this course will aim to provide guidelines about how to understand and appreciate Modern Art better and how to discover continuity between the art of earlier periods and our own.
Use the vocabulary or language of looking at Modern Art. And you will have developed the following: The ability to be an active and questioning spectators. Critical and analytical skills in relation to Modern Art. You will be set two pieces of work for the course. The first of 500 words is due halfway through your course.
History of art Short, part-time and online courses in the History of art at the University of Oxford Keiko studied History of Art to consolidate her knowledge and to help with her gallery project. This two-year course in the History of Art is equivalent to the first year of an undergraduate degree
This course will investigate the major changes in art that developed from the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of World War II. In this period there was rapid and radical political, economic and social change in Europe and North America. The changes in art were equally radical, with the beginnings of experimental art groups and styles.
The Continuing Education Library has provided scanned material to support your course* which are available alongside other reading list materials in your virtual classroom
Students who register for CATS points will receive a Record of CATS points on successful completion of their course assessment.
Sandra Smith has a BA and MA in History of Art and a Certificate in Archaeology from Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been teaching adult education classes at Oxford, the University of Reading and the WEA for a number of years.
To introduce the styles and movements that constitute modern art with a view to better understanding the development of the avant garde.
The course will be taught using a pre-recorded lecture and a live session which will be used to discuss the themes of the lecture and to add further information.
Assessment will be in the form of one long essay or two shorter pieces of work, or a presentation at the end of the course accompanied by a short written explanation of the piece.
Portraits fascinate because they preserve those features over time and space. The best of them have also been magnificent works of art.
Credit earned from some of these courses is transferable towards our Certificate of Higher Education - a part-time undergraduate course in which you study a main subject discipline, but also undertake study in other academic subjects.
History of art aims at an historical understanding of the origins of artefacts, asking about the circumstances of their making, their design, their makers, the media used, the functions of the images and objects, their role in cultural development, their critical reception and their subsequent history.
Portraits fascinate because they preserve those features over time and space. The best of them have also been magnificent works of art.
Many of our short courses, including flexible online courses, weekly classes (both in Oxford and online) and some summer schools, can be studied for credit , which means they can count towards a recognised qualification such as our Undergraduate Certificate of Higher Education.
From Paris to Moscow, Glasgow to Barcelona, this course examines the richness and variety of European art nouveau.
This course will seek to provide guidelines about how to look at modern art in an open-minded, critical and analytical way.
This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to study and analyse paintings, drawings and prints, and learn the 'language of looking'.
From Paris to Moscow, Glasgow to Barcelona, this course examines the richness and variety of European art nouveau.
This course will seek to provide guidelines about how to look at modern art in an open-minded, critical and analytical way.
This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to study and analyse paintings, drawings and prints, and learn the 'language of looking'.