J.M.W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 (1839)

National Gallery, London

Image from: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-fighting-temeraire

However much historians debate words such as “renaissance”, there is no absolutely no question that something utterly transformative happened in the realms of art, scholarship, and civic life in a few dozen Italian cities and courts in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

We shall explore this phenomenon, with a particular focus on art and architecture. Themes will include Florence under the Medici, the courts of Urbino and Mantua, the architecture of Alberti, and the genius of such painters as Fra Angelico, Masaccio, and Leonardo.

RJW F212219 Online freelance course (via Zoom)

10 weeks, Monday 25 April - Monday 4 July (incl., with half-term break on 30 May)

NB There will be a session on the early May bank holiday (2 May).

£110 (individual registration); £176 (for two people sharing one screen).