ART APPRECIATION
FULLY BOOKED: ART OF THE ETERNAL CITY
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThis programme is about Rome; the artists who plied their talents there and others who never visited but used its reputation as an inspirational source for history painting and grand landscapes. They all left a mark which distinguished Rome as a onetime art capital of the western sphere. For further information please contact Bertram: fin19@btinternet.com
ICONS OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomSit back and enjoy hearing about a selection from the pantheon of French artists who are still admired in the 21st century. These are superb exponents of a style-wave which broke the traditional moulds. The emergence of this phenomenon transformed perceptions and instigated a different visual landscape. Bertram Aitchison (Dumfries highamhall.com/bertram-aitchison) Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190
FULLY BOOKED: THE PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomIn this course of illustrated lectures & discussion we will investigate the contribution made to the art world by three great Victorian painters - John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Their art embodies so much that is at the heart of English identity: poetry, love of nature, love itself. Long the
ON NOT KNOWING: HOW ARTISTS THINK
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomJoin our principal Lizzie to explore contemporary artists' practices from a curator's point of view. I will introduce you to a range of artists' practices and their wider cultural and art historical contexts through lectures and studio visits with local artists. We will consider the questions that artists face every time they enter the studio: