For Autumn 2024:

We will embark on a journey with European art, from its cradle in ancient Greece, and trace its expressive development through early Christian art. We will then follow the progress of humanism and how it is reflected in Renaissance art, and then on to investigate the eccentricities of Mannerism, the muscular and imperial nature of the Baroque and the subsequent, sensuous, but courtly, refinements of Rococo. We will also look at the work of individual artists, like John Keating, the painter of emergent Ireland, Raphael, John Sargent, Frieda Kahlo/ Diego Rivera, and at larger topics, such as Symbolism (which was contemporaneous with, but in resolute opposition to, Impressionism). Gallery visit will be included.