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Art History Study Tours

Since 1995, The Course has been organising study tours throughout Europe as well as America, Japan, India, China and Egypt.

Starting in 2011 we are planning a series of tours to South America, exploring the wonders of the continent's art, history, literature, culture and natural beauty. Our first trip will be to Ecuador & Peru in 2011, followed by Argentina & Chile in 2012 and Brazil in 2013. We may extend this exploration into the Americas with a tour to Mexico in 2014.

Our visits are led by tutors who know the venues intimately and can offer far more than the standard tourist view. Many of those who travel on the study tours also attend our lectures and courses. But we also welcome partners and newcomers and we aim to make our tours very friendly.

All our tours are arranged through a bonded agent so you have the security offered by a large company whilst enjoying the flexibility of an independent organisation.

For more information please get in touch: info@thecoursestudies.co.uk or telephone 020 7266 7815.

See our photo gallery of previous tours.

Equador & Peru

29 March - 10 April 2011
Lecturer James McDonaugh

This is no ordinary trip to South America, but one designed exclusively for The Course. While most tours devote themselves to Peru, we will also visit Ecuador, one of the continent's most unusual, scintillatingly beautiful and historically important countries.

The variety of experiences will be breathtaking: landscapes from 'The Lost World'; Inca remains at Machu Picchu; wonderful gardens; stunning 16th and 17th century European architecture in both Ecuador and Peru; textile markets of the Indians; exciting cuisine and indigenous artefacts of enormous beauty lost to the canon of art history. The odyssey will be a revelation for both first time and regular visitors... read more

Ancient Greece

5 - 10 October 2011
Lecturer James McDonaugh

This tour is an introduction to the riches of classical Greece, its architecture, sculpture, history and literature. We will also explore how wider themes of western European art and culture trace their origins to Greece.

To help us understand the flowering of the arts in the 5th century BC, we examine the pre-classical civilisations, including Homer's Mycenaean heroes and the Cycladic cultures of the Greek islands... read more