Art History - European Modernism part 2 (Italian Futurism to Surrealism and later) - The Art Academy

Course Code	OC2202AH10
Tutor	Daniel Greaney
Course Dates	Mondays, 27th February - 27th March 2023
Days	5
Times	6.30pm - 8pm
Experience Level	All Levels
Fee	£105
Location	Online

This era was marked by political upheavals including two World Wars. Course 2 will look at how artists responded to such catastrophes. Subjects not visible to the naked eye, such as the human psyche were explored in very different ways in both Abstraction and Surrealism. Dadaism, a protest against society and the futilities of war, gave us some of the most radical works in the history of art. Artists such as Picasso, who had spent the first decade of the Twentieth Century upending the conventions of art, would abandon such aims and instead call for a ‘return to order’, celebrating classical art. We will look in-depth at the key figures and styles which dominated European art in the first half of the 20th Century and consider how their efforts would ultimately transform art on a global level.

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What level is this course?

This course is suitable for all levels. Students can move at their own pace depending on their experience, with as much support from the Tutor as they wish.

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All attendees must be aged 18 or over.

About Your Tutor

DANIEL GREANEY

Daniel Greaney is an artist and educator, he received an MA in Fine Art from Central St Martins, an MA in Art History from Birkbeck, London and has a PGCE in Post-16 Education. Daniel teaches A Level History of Art at a Sixth-Form College and is also part of Art History in Schools (AHiS), a charity which provides outreach art history courses to secondary level students without access to the subject. His research interest is the art of the Second French Empire.

What will I need

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Code of Conduct

Code Of Conduct

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Enforcement

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