All Courses
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Q00005792 C3681546 Norwegian Art: The Golden Age
Norway was culturally impoverished by 600 years of foreign control ,but by the middle of the 19th century art was becoming a potent expression of national pride, culminating in the exuberant paintings of artists such as Harald Sohlberg & Nikolai Astrup. In this second part of our course we will look at the development of Norwegian Art in response to the cultural and political climate in the country and study the artists in the context of their time.. This course continues on from the art of Finland. Students are not required to have attended the first part of the course. All welcome.
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Q00008026 C3681899 Danish Art - The Golden Age
From the early, crisp, clear, bright and cheerful images of a gentle landscape and its people, Danish artists evolved a rich diversity of approaches stretching from 1800 to the early 20th Century. In this course we will study the origins and evolution of Danish Art.
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Q00010840 Personal Development: Stress Busting
WEA Stress Busting
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Q00009385 History: Cartoonery - English Attitudes
Many artists have discovered that humour is the key to winning the hearts of the English! Caricature, satire and the cartoon have given pleasure, satisfaction, amusement and relief, whilst drawing down censure and puncturing pomposity across class divides since the Eighteenth Century. From the witty and genteel to the vicious and scurrilous, these pithy encapsulations of the recognisable, continue to have relevance today. They are miniature masterpieces, ephemeral yet enduring through time. From the Georgians; Gillray & Rowlandson, to Punch and Strand cartoonists, Tenniel, Sambourne, Leach and Dickie Doyle and from Thelwell to Scarfe these visual drolleries have lost none of their appeal.
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Q00011614 Get Ready for ESOL Reading (Entry 2)
This course is for ESOL Entry level 2 Reading learners who have already achieved ESOL Entry level 1 Reading and would like to progress. It will prepare you for the exam, which will take place, in person, at a selected venue. The sessions run over two mornings per week, and you will need to attend both sessions.
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Q00009386 Art Appreciation: Cartoonery - Punch Magazine
England`s very first illustrated humorous magazine ,from its inception designed to puncture pomposity & eventually coming to reflect many of the decent values which were fought for in two world wars. The combination of wood block engraving & steam printing enabled an unprecedented evolution of the periodical press. Punch was initially successful due to the popularity of the cartoons of John Leech ,whose combination of visual & verbal humour continued & developed the pattern established in the late 18th /Early 19th century by Gillray ,Rowlandson & Cruikshank. Continuing its popularity into the 20th century Punch eventually ceased publication in 2002 after 161 years !
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Q00012803 History: The Art of Norway - The Emergence of The Modern
Briefly dealing with the influence of French outdoor painting (covered in more depth in "Spirit of the North" in the Spring), this course will engage with the social realism of Christian Krohg and the love of the homeland, expressed so differently by Harald Sohlberg and Nikolai Astrup.