ARTISTS’ GARDENS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Join our horticultural expert Louise and resident art historian Lizzie on this special course looking at artists’ gardens. Over 2 full days we will visit a diverse selection of gardens 

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PRE-RAPHAELITISM: DREAMS OF AN EARTHY PARADISE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Following on from last year’s course on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, we look at some of the later Pre-Raphaelite pictures which proved to be the perfect vehicle for the dreams and 

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NORWEGIAN ART: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

19th century Norway was culturally impoverished by 600 years of foreign control, but by the mid-1800s art was becoming a potent expression of national pride, culminating in the realism of 

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