London Art History Walks
The Model and the Muse: London in the eye of painters for 500 years
- Date/time:
- 29 September 2010 - 22 June 2011
Wednesdays 10.45am - 12.45pm - Venue:
- 1 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DJ
- Lecturer:
- Geoffrey Toms
- Fees:
- Full course (24 sessions) £735.00
One term (8 sessions) £245.00
(Fees inclusive of all entry charges.)
With its rich, diverse and cultural history, London has attracted artists, musicians and writers from all over the world for centuries. And each one has left an extraordinary record of the London they knew.
In this unique series of lectures, walks and visits you'll discover the historical significance of the artist's subject matter and how the great artists, in their own style, depicted the grandeur and miniscule intimacy of life in a great world city.
Course outline
Term 1
29 Sep 2010 Lecture
The Panoramas of the 16th and 17th centuries and their record of London.
06 Oct 2010 Walk
Three hundred years of Covent Garden: The heart of London life for painters, architects and developers.
13 Oct 2010 Lecture
A second Venice: Canaletto in London
27 Oct 2010 Walk
Along the Embankment from Westminster to Blackfriars: The river painters and its historical development.
03 Nov 2010 Lecture
London as the great Theatre: The genius of William Hogarth
10 Nov 2010 Visit
Hogarth and Handel at the Foundling Hospital
17 Nov 2010 Lecture
Constable and Turner: Comparing contemporary contrasts
24 Nov 2010 Visit
The London paintings in Tate Britain
Term 2
12 Jan 2011 Lecture
The burgeoning city of the 19th century: The artist's focus on people
26 Jan 2011 Visit
Brunel and Frith at Paddington Station and the Canal Basin
02 Feb 2011 Lecture
Whistler, Pisarro and Monet in London
16 Feb 2011 Visit
London paintings in the National Gallery, followed by a tour of the restored Church of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields
23 Feb 2011 Lecture
The Camden Town Group
02 Mar 2011 Visit
Paintings in the Museum of London from the 17th to 20th century
09 Mar 2011 Lecture
War and peace in 20th century London
16 Mar 2011 Walk
Hogarth and Chiswick Village
Term 3 - People, Places and Palaces
In the summer term we have the opportunity to discover and explore hundreds of mostly unknown places, where people chose their residences and played their parts in the development of the great city.
27 Apr 2011 Lecture
The Royal Palaces of Henry VIII
04 May 2011 Walk
From Portland Place to Marylebone
11 May 2011 Lecture
From village to royal suburb: The growth of Kensington
18 May 2011 Walk
Kensington: The influence of Kensington Palace and the Crystal Palace
01 June 2011 Lecture
From the Bedfords to the Bloomsbury Set: London's intellectual circle
08 June 2011 Walk
Bloomsbury and its squares
15 June 2011 Lecture
From Robert Adam to Dylan Thomas: Bohemian life in Fitzrovia
22 June 2011 All day visit
Eltham Palace: From medieval palatial grandeur to the purity of an Art Deco residence