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The Art of Fresco Painting
Weekend course
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
Chart the history of fresco painting, considered the most difficult and therefore the noblest art form by artists such as Michelangelo. You will explore the stories and beliefs represented in famous examples and look at various fresco techniques.
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Course Leader
Kevin Childs
Dr Kevin Childs is a freelance writer and lecturer on culture and the arts in the United Kingdom and Italy, where he leads specialised tours of Rome, Venice and Florence. He also blogs regularly for Huffington Post and Gay Star News and has published articles and reviews in The New Statesman and The Times, amongst other publications.
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Course overview
This course will explore what fresco has meant and means for cultures and artists for over 4,000 years. You will examine the various styles adopted and adapted by some of the great fresco masters of the Renaissance. Consider the universality of fresco in time and place. At about the same time early Christians were painting frescoes in cave churches in Anatolia, Buddhist monks were decorating similar shrines in India; Michelangelo’s frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling have a direct correlation in technique and purpose with the wall paintings of Pompeii.
Further information
• Refreshments served • Price reductions available for Seniors (60+), jobseekers (ES40 holders) and registered disabled people
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Weekend course: The Art of Fresco Painting
3 November 2018 - 4 November 2018
£147.00 - £195.00
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