Grand Tour Art History Experience

About this event

The Grand Tour is a six week art history class that explains the hows, whys and what the hell o the art wrold ,from cave painting to contemporary art.

Pretension Bores and Boredom Kills. With that in mind, these classes are a basic, fun series of 6 weekly talks about different movements of art. Each class makes weird connections, odd stories and personal ideas explaining the reasons behind art history. Learn about Don’t be the person in an art museum that says stupid things like ‘My kid can do that’!

Everybody who signs up will be given a passport/notebook that will get an 'entry stamp' for each class of the tour attended. Write down notes or sketch what you see!

Class Topics:

1. Origins of Art – Ancient and Classical Art from cave paintings to Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome

2. A New Way of Seeing – The Renaissances in Flanders, Germany, and of course, Italy

3. The Golden Age – Highlighting the works of the Great Painters from the 16th to 19th Century

4. Soccer Moms Love Punk Art – Impressionism’s wild break from the past

5. Fascism, Art and Censorship – Fascism’s attempts to control art and artists’ responses

6. Modern Movements – 20th Century Art, explained

Classes run on Saturdays from 2-3:30. Alternate times are also set on Tuesdays from 1-2:30 and 6-7:30. More info is on the website link.