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Learning Academy COU RSES 2018-19
YEAR COU RSES Y S H O RT C O U R S E S S WEEKEN D COU RSES S
6 The Classical World and its Autumn Term 36 Courts of Renaissance Italy 46 Versailles
Afterlife
29 Divine Designs: Material Culture 36 Music and Art 46 Rome and the Raj
9 Early Medieval: 300-1250 and Christianity
37 Bauhaus 46 The Art of Fresco Painting
10 Late Medieval to Early 29 Golden Age of Dutch Painting:
Renaissance: 1250-1500 1600-1650 37 Edwardian England: Art in an 46 The History of Wallpaper
Age of Change
13 High Renaissance to Baroque: 29 From Al-Andalus to the Golden 47 Dressing the Part: A History of
1500-1720 Age of Spanish Art 37 Unearthed (Part 2) Costume Design for Film
14 European Art & Innovation: 1720- 30 Suffragettes and the V&A 39 The Art of Acting 47 Contemporary Jewellery: 1945-
1920 2018
30 18th Century England: Pleasures 39 V&A Uncovered: Collections and
17 London Life and Times: Medieval of Provincial Life Curators (Part 2) 47 The Family Portrait in British Art:
to Modern 1520-1900
30 20th Century Iconic Interiors
18 Ceramics: Ancient to Modern Summer Term 48 Modernist Pioneers
33 Art Deco
21 Arts of South and Southeast 39 Medieval Objects of Use: 48 Arts of Africa: Design, Culture
Asia, Islamic Middle East 33 Frida Kahlo: Her Art, Life and Baptism to Burial and History
Times
22 History of Performance 40 Great American Masters 48 Tapestries: Medieval,
33 Dancefloor Fashions: Waltz to Renaissance and Baroque
25 Textiles: Ancient to Modern Hip-Hop 40 Huguenot Silver: Turtles, Taste
and Tureens
34 V&A Uncovered: Collections and
Curators (Part 1) 40 Modern Buildings
34 British Theatre 2018: An 40 London
Overview EVEN I NG COU RSES S
43 20th Century: Art, Design and
Society
Spring Term
43 Fashion Revolutions: 1955-1975 50 History of Photography
34 Artistic Rivalries and Reputations
43 Victoria and Albert: Life and 50 Fashion Photography
36 The World at Your Feet: Carpets Times
from East to West
Our 2018-19 Learning Academy courses B O O K I N G A N D F U RT H E R
programme offers you an enriching I N F O R M AT I O N
insight into the history and practice of
art, design, and performance. Museum How to book
collections and expert lecturers will All courses are listed and available to
bring your chosen subject to life, with book online at vam.ac.uk/courses from
a range of experiences to suit your 14 May 2018 at 9am. Our Bookings
schedule. team are also available by calling
020 7942 2000 from 9.00 – 17.30,
Monday – Sunday to take bookings or
YEAR COU RSES answer questions.
Each of our ten Year Courses take place Fees
on one fixed day per week for three Please see each course listing for
terms. Terms include extra gallery details of ticket prices. Seniors (60+) are
talks or ‘In Focus’ lectures. Subject eligible for a price reduction
to availability, tickets to attend an with further reductions available
individual term will be made available for jobseekers (ES40 holders) and
twelve weeks before each term starts. registered disabled people. A carer may
Day tickets will also be made available accompany a disabled course student
two weeks before the start of each term. for free, please inform our bookings YEAR
team when registering. No further COU RSES
To check availability and book a year, price reductions are available to V&A
term or day ticket, please visit Members, patrons or students.
vam.ac.uk/courses or call our Bookings
team on 020 7942 2000. Refunds
Refunds are only given in cases of
Certificates of Completion extenuating circumstances such as
Selected Year Courses offer the option illness or other personal difficulty and
of a Certificate of Completion for an are not guaranteed. Any refund must
additional fee of £410 (limited to fifteen be applied for no less than fourteen
students per course). Certificate days after an event. If approved, 90% of
students will enjoy extra lectures the price of the ticket will be refunded.
and seminars, some including object 10% will be retained for administration
handling sessions. Course completion costs.
is evaluated by tutors and is achieved
through attendance of seminars, Cancellations
writing object reports and essays. When a course must be cancelled, all
those with tickets will be notified no
later than one month before the course
begins. Full refunds will be given in the
case of a course cancellation. The Young Louis XV at Versailles,
Oil Painting,
4 Return to contents Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux5
Theseus combating the
TH E CLASSICAL WORLD AN D ITS AFTERLI FE Y Minotaur, Bronze Statuette,
Antoine-Louis Barye,
Paris, 1843, Cast 1850-1855
Mondays, 11.10 – 15.30 Topics include:
24 September 2018 - 15 July 2019 • The World of Homer
(Over three terms) • The Acropolis and the Parthenon
• Alexander the Great
Discover the civilisations of • Women in Myth and Society
Ancient Greece and Rome. You will • Colosseum
explore Homeric myths and their • Art of Byzantium
representation in sculpture and • Early Christian Art and its Pagan
vase-painting, the architecture Inheritance
of Athens and Rome, and the rich • Humanism in Art
decoration and furnishings revealed at • Laocoön’s Afterlife
Herculaneum and Pompeii. Also gain • Nero’s Palace
new perspectives on the afterlife of • Palladian Villa
the ancient world, and consider the • Bernini’s Rome
ways in which classical themes, motifs • Rediscovery of Pompeii
and styles were re-discovered and • Alma Tadema and Life in Rome
interpreted by generations of artists, • Archaic Greece in the 20th century
designers and architects between the
Middle Ages and the early 20th century. Fees
£1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
Course Director Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Dr Kathy McLauchlan, art historian £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
specialising in French painting and Disabled Person/Jobseeker
lecturer with the Open University, £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
Birkbeck College, The Arts Society and Person/Jobseeker
Morley College.
This Year Course has a Certificate
Guest lecturers include: Option, £410 (limited to maximum
Dr Justine Hopkins, independent fifteen students)
lecturer and specialist in 19th and 20th
century art and design Find more information and book at
Dr Steve Kershaw, lecturer at Oxford vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
University Department for Continuing bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Education
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The Eltenberg Reliquary,
copper & bronze gilt, E A R LY M E D I E VA L : 300-1250 Y
champlevé enamel &
walrus carving on a wooden
substructure & base, Fridays, 11.10 – 15.30 Dr John McNeill, Continuing Education,
German, c.1180
28 September 2018 - 12 July 2019 University of Oxford
(Over three terms) Anna Eavis, English Heritage
Dr Anna McSweeney, University of
With access to our Medieval collections, Sussex
journey from the 4th to the mid-13th
century through a study of captivating Topics include:
buildings and artefacts. You will follow • Contexts: Historical, Philosophical
the rise of Christianity in the East and and Theological
West, demonstrating how patrons • Early Christian Mosaics
and artists of the early Middle Ages • Byzantine Art before and after
transformed Classical principles to Iconoclasm
meet the aspirations of the new world • Carolingian and Ottonian Goldsmiths’
order. From Hagia Sophia in Istanbul Work and Ivory Carving
to the Gloucester Candlestick, the • Anglo-Saxon Art
Alfred Jewel to the Gospels of Henry • Art, Artefacts and the Liturgy
the Lion, each monument and object • Romanesque and Early Gothic
of investigation will be set within its Architecture
historical context and interpreted in • Painting on Parchment, Plaster and
terms of patronage, materials and Panel
techniques, function and original • The Rediscovery of Architectural
setting. Sculpture
• Saints, Pilgrimages and Relics
Course Director
Dr Sally Dormer, specialist medieval Fees
art historian and lecturer with the Art £1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
Fund, the Arts Society, Art Pursuits, Cox Disabled Person/Jobseeker
& Kings, Swan Hellenic and Gresham £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
College. Disabled Person/Jobseeker
£75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
Guest lecturers include: Person/Jobseeker
Dr Catherine Oakes, University of
Oxford This Year Course has a Certificate
Dr Richard Plant, formerly Christie’s Option, £410 (limited to maximum
Education fifteen students)
Professor Henry Mayr-Harting,
University of Oxford Find more information and book at
Reverend Gordon Mursell, retired Bishop vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
of Stafford and lecturer at University of bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Glasgow
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The Virgin & Child,
L AT E M E D I E VA L TO E A R LY R E N A I S S A N C E : 1250-1500 Y Cast of a stucco relief,
front view, after Donatello,
Florence, c.1435 - 40
Tuesdays, 11.10 – 15.30
25 September 2018 - 9 July 2019 Topics include:
(Over three terms) • Contexts: Historical, Philosophical,
and Theological
Explore this era of profound change, • Sienese and Florentine Painting in the
through the work of well-known artists 14th Century
such as Giotto, Van Eyck, Donatello • Art, Artefacts, and the Liturgy
and Leonardo da Vinci, alongside • Late Gothic Architecture in the North
tapestries, stained glass, goldsmiths’ and Italy
work, and majolica, with access to • Early Netherlandish Painting
the V&A’s acclaimed Medieval and • Illuminated Manuscripts and Early
Renaissance Galleries. You will learn Printing
to recognise stylistic developments • Florentine Renaissance Painting and
from High Gothic to the Renaissance Sculpture
revival of classical antiquity. You will • Renaissance Architecture and
gain an understanding of materials and Domestic Interiors
techniques, and patterns in patronage: • Enamels and Ivory Carving
the collective enterprise of the great • Textiles: Embroidery and Tapestry
Gothic cathedrals, the magnificence Dress and Jewellery
of princes and popes, and the growing
spending power of the middle classes. Fees
£1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
Course Director Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Dr Paula Nuttall, art historian £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
specialising in the Italian and Northern Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Renaissance, also lecturer for the Art £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
Society, the Art Fund and the Courtauld. Person/Jobseeker
Guest lecturers include: This Year Course has a Certificate
Dr Sally Dormer, V&A Year Course Director Option, £410 (limited to maximum
Dr Anna Eavis, Curatorial Director, fifteen students)
English Heritage
Dr Jim Harris, Ashmolean Museum, Find more information and book at
Oxford vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
Peta Motture, V&A Senior Curator bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Dr Catherine Oakes, Director of Studies,
University of Oxford, Department of
Continuing Education
Dr Catherine Reynolds, Christie’s
Manuscript Consultant
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Detail, Neptune & Triton,
Sculpture group, H I G H R E N A I S S A N C E TO B A R O Q U E : 1 5 00-1 72 0 Y
marble and copper,
Gian Lorenzo Bernini,
Italian, c.1620-22 Wednesdays, 11.10 – 15.30 Topics include:
26 September 2018 - 10 July 2019 • Leonardo da Vinci - Artist and Thinker
(Over three terms) • Michelangelo and Julius II
• Art and Collectors
Gain a comprehensive overview of • Portraiture of the High Renaissance
one of the most dynamic periods in • Architecture in Venice and the Veneto
European art and architecture. You’ll • Art of the Tudor and Stuart Courts
discover how the Renaissance, from • Caravaggio and his Influence in Italy
its beginnings in Italy, came to affect and the North
the whole of Europe. The invention • Art of Spain: El Greco, Velázquez and
of printing enabled books and prints Zurbaran
to reach a much wider audience and • Church Architecture from Bernini to
quickly popularised new styles, while Hawksmoor
the Reformation wrought havoc with • Painting of the Tudor and Stuart
the established religious and political Courts
order. Together with the effect of war • The Golden Age of Dutch Painting
and politics on art production, you will from Vermeer to Rembrandt
explore changes in patronage, with • Decorating the English Country House
the rise of a prosperous middle class
bringing demand for new types of art Fees
and consumer goods. £1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Course Director £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
Dr Kathy McLauchlan, art historian Disabled Person/Jobseeker
specialising in French painting and £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
lecturer with the Open University, Person/Jobseeker
Birkbeck College, The Arts Society and
Morley College. This Year Course has a Certificate
Option, £410 (limited to maximum
Guest lecturers include: fifteen students)
Dr Susan Bracken, art historian and
independent lecturer Find more information and book at
Caroline Knight, architectural historian vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
and author bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Dr Paula Nuttall, V&A Year Course
Director
Clare Ford-Wille, Associate Lecturer at
Birkbeck College, independent lecturer
and art historian
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Sappho, Watercolour,
E U R O P E A N A RT & I N N OVAT I O N : 1720-1920 Y Gustave Moreau, Paris, 1871-72
Thursdays, 11.10 – 15.30 Topics include:
27 September 2018 - 11 July 2019 • Hogarth’s Narratives
(Over three terms) • Boullée, Visionary Architect
• Friedrich and the Spirit of Longing
Explore one of the most dynamic • The Art of Photography
periods in the history of western art • Morris and the Arts & Crafts
with an outstanding presence within Movement
our collections. You will discover • Manet and Degas – Rivals in
how new styles and methods – Modernity
Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, • Japan and its Impact on Western Art
Symbolism, Modernism – succeeded • Klimt and the Vienna Secession
each other with ever-increasing rapidity, • Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect &
as artists competed for leadership Pioneer
of the ‘advance guard’. Expert • Matisse and the Fauves
lecturers will guide you through the • Malevich and the Black Square
contributions made by individual artists • Le Corbusier – Designs on the Future
and designers within a wider political
and cultural context, considering wider Fees
themes such as taste, patronage and £1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
the art market. Disabled Person/Jobseeker
£845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
Course Director Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Dr Kathy McLauchlan, art historian £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
specialising in French painting and Person/Jobseeker
lecturer with the Open University,
Birkbeck College, The Arts Society and This Year Course has a Certificate
Morley College. Option, £410 (limited to maximum
fifteen students)
Guest lecturers include:
Justine Hopkins, independent lecturer Find more information and book at
Angela Cox, independent lecturer vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
Jacqueline Cockburn, independent bookings team on 020 7942 2000
art historian, Director of Art and
Culture Andalucía, lecturer for Christies
Education and the Arts Society
Clare Ford-Wille, independent art
historian, lecturer for the National
Gallery and Birkbeck College
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Westminster, with The Henry
VII Chapel and Clock Tower L O N D O N L I F E A N D T I M E S : M E D I E VA L TO M O D E R N Y
of The Houses of Parliament,
Photograph, Stephen Ayling,
English, c.1869 Wednesdays, 11.10 – 15.30 Dr Tessa Murdoch, V&A Deputy
26 September 2018 – 10 July 2019 Keeper, Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics
(Over three terms) and Glass
Professor Lynda Nead, Birkbeck College
Discover the fascinating social and
cultural life of the city which gave the Topics include:
world modern banking, insurance, and • Mapping London
the stock exchange. Guided by leading • The Tower of London
historians and V&A curators, you will • Tudor and Stuart Theatre
journey from Gothic and Renaissance • Holbein and the Tudor Court
splendours to Georgian elegance, • The Black Death Clubs and Coffee
from Victorian grandeur to modern Houses
architectural wonders like the Shard. As • Prostitution and Vice
a melting pot of cultures and customs, • The Great Stink
you will also trace the impact of settlers • The London Art World
from all over the globe and the city’s • Dickens’ London
incredible resilience through fire, war, • Underground London
bombardment, and plague. Sessions • Swinging London
with a range of experts will map out • London at War
the events and individuals who shaped • Skyscrapers and the City
London from its early days as a feudal
kingdom to a modern global metropolis. Fees
£1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
Course Director Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Mike Berlin, lecturer at Birkbeck £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
College, University of London and Disabled Person/Jobseeker
formerly Research Officer at the Centre £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
for Metropolitan History, Institute of Person/Jobseeker
Historical Research.
This Year Course does not have a
Guest lecturers include: Certificate Option
Dr Tracy Borman, Historic Royal Palaces
Dr Sally Dormer, V&A Year Course Director Find more information and book at
Professor Geoff Nuttall, Courtauld vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
Institute of Art bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Hazel Forsyth, Museum of London
Professor Vanessa Harding, Birkbeck
College
Professor John Styles, University of
Hertfordshire
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Copy of The Portland Vase,
C E R A M I C S : A N C I E N T TO M O D E R N Y black & white jasperware, front view,
Josiah Wedgwood, English
Staffordshire, 1790-95
Tuesdays, 11.10 – 15.30 Nicole Rousmaniere, Curator, British
25 September 2018 – 9 July 2019 Museum
(Over three terms) Oliver Watson, Curator, Ashmolean
Museum
From the Neolithic pottery of Japan Cora Wurmell, Staatliche
and China to contemporary studio Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
creations, unearth the global history of
ceramics. As objects for daily use, ritual Topics include:
and collecting, you will learn to identify • Song Ceramics of China
regional and historical characteristics • Architectural Ceramics
as well as cross-cultural connections. • Japanese Stonewares and Teawares
Discover the diverse possibilities of new • Collecting East Asian Ceramics
bodies and glazes created by evolving • Shipwreck Ceramics in Southeast Asia
technologies through to the origins of • Trade: from East Asia to Europe and
factory production and advent of the the New World
artist-potter. Sessions will offer the • Ceramics of the Islamic World
opportunity to engage with objects • Italian Maiolica
in our collection, and the expertise of • The Rediscovery of Porcelain
leading ceramic historians, curators and • Modernism
contemporary potters. • Surface and Scale
• Political Pots
Course Director
Helen Glaister, art historian specialising Fees
in Chinese Art and lecturer at SOAS. £1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Guest lecturers include: £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
V&A Curators: Rupert Faulkner, Rosalie Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Kim, Reino Leifkes, Alun Graves, Mariam £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
Rosser-Owen Person/Jobseeker
Patricia Ferguson, Curator, British
Museum This Year Course does not have a
Christine Lalumia, design and art Certificate Option
historian and Executive Director of
Contemporary Applied Arts Find more information and book at
Gaye Blake-Roberts, Wedgwood vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
Museum bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Pierre Baptiste, Musée Guimet
Stacey Pierson, SOAS, University of
London
18 Return to contents 19The Emperor Shah Jahan (1627 -58)
in 1630, inscribed - A Good Portrait A RT S O F S O U T H A N D S O U T H E A ST A S I A , I S L A M I C M I D D L E E A ST Y
of Me in My 40th Year, Bichitr,
Mughal Indian, c.1630
Mondays, 11.10 – 15.30 Sussan Babaie, Courtauld Institute
24 September 2018 – 15 July 2019 Rosemary Crill, independent lecturer.
(Over three terms) Alexandra Green, curator, British
Museum. Jessica Harrison-Hall,
Learn to identify distinct regional British Museum. Rosie Llewellyn-
characteristics in the artistic Jones, independent lecturer. Malini
production of ceramics, textiles, Roy, Curator, British Library. Mehrdad
lacquer, glass, metalwork, architecture, Shokoohy, independent lecturer
sculpture, paintings and manuscripts.
From the Himalayas and the Indian Topics include:
Subcontinent to the island nations of • Buddhism in India
Southeast Asia, discover how cultural • Temple Architecture and Sculpture
exchange, technological innovation and • Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms
commerce have created extraordinary • Indian Jewellery and Dress
legacies of art and archaeology. You will • Arts of the Mughal Courts
study religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, • Rajasthani Painting
Jainism and Islam through lectures, • The East India Company at Home
gallery visits and study sessions, • The Chintz Trade
offering insights into religious practise • The Art of Ancient Champa
and belief. As a result, you will explore • Southeast Asian Textiles
the impact of trade, diplomacy and • Islamic Art in Spain and Sicilly
colonialism throughout the region, and • Mamluk Architecture and Metalwork
the lasting artistic legacy which shaped • Contemporary Art of the Middle East
the early modern period.
Fees
Course Director £1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
Helen Glaister, art historian specialising Disabled Person/Jobseeker
in Chinese Art and lecturer at SOAS. £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
Disabled Person/Jobseeker
Course Tutors £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
South Asia - Dr Fiona Buckee and Dr Person/Jobseeker
Mehreen Chida-Razvi
Southeast Asia - Dr Lesley Pullen This Year Course has a Certificate
Islamic Middle East - Fuchsia Hart Option, £410 (limited to maximum
fifteen students)
Guest lecturers include:
V&A Curators: Nick Barnard, John Find more information and book at
Clarke, Avalon Fotheringham, Divia vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
Patel, Mariam Rosser-Owen, Susan bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Stronge, Salma Tuqan.
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Fridays, 11.10 – 15.30 Term 3: Giles Ramsay, independent
28 September 2018 – 12 July 2019 theatre director, producer and founding
(Over three terms) director of the charity Developing Artists
and a fellow of St. Chad’s College,
With the evolution of opera, dance and Durham University.
theatre as case studies, experience how
the relationship between audience and Malcolm Jones, Age Exchange Theatre
performer has transformed through Trust and Ambassador Theatre Group,
the ages. Behind the scenes expertise former teacher at The Actors Centre, and
from guest practitioners and critics RADA.
will offer exceptional insight into
the performative masterpieces that Fees
continue to inspire and influence today. £1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
Disabled Person/Jobseeker
The first term will take a step beyond £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
our blockbuster Opera: Passion, Power Disabled Person/Jobseeker
and Politics exhibition, offering new £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
perspectives on the lives, works and Person/Jobseeker
home cities of visionaries such as
Handel, Mozart, Verdi and Wagner. This Year Course does not have a
With ballet as the primary focus, the Certificate Option
second term will investigate all aspects
of theatre-dance from the ballet de Find more information and book at
cour of 17th century France through vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
to definitive productions of the 21st bookings team on 020 7942 2000
century. The final term places British
theatre centre stage with a fascinating
study into the development of theatre
from Shakespeare to the modern day.
Course Directors
Term 1: Daniel Snowman, social and
cultural historian, author and Senior
Research Fellow at the Institute of
Historical Research.
Term 2: Jane Pritchard MBE, V&A
Curator of Dance, awarded an MBE
for services to the arts in the 2014 New
Year’s Honours. Margot Fonteyn as the Firebird,
Colour photograph,
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Thursdays, 11:10 – 15:30 Topics
27 September 2018 – 11 July 2019 • The Ancient and Classical World
(Over three terms) • Renaissance Textiles
• Domestic Needlework
Take a closer look at the history and • Carpets
techniques behind the textiles that • Trading Textiles
cloth our bodies and decorate our • Printing and Dyeing
homes, from lustrous silk to crisp linen, • Art Textiles
soft wool to brightly coloured cotton.
You will gain a solid understanding Fees
and appreciation of the innovations £1992 per year, £1873 Senior, £1600
used to produce an infinite variety of Disabled Person/Jobseeker
fabrics and patterns around the world. £845 per term, £794 Senior, £640
Privileged access to masterpieces at the Disabled Person/Jobseeker
V&A will further enhance your learning, £75 per day, £70 Senior, £57 Disabled
from enormous tapestries to webs Person/Jobseeker
of lace, from glittering embroidery to
muted tweeds. This Year Course does not have a
Certificate Option
Course Director
Jennifer Wearden, former V&A Senior Find more information and book at
Curator of Textiles in the Department vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
of Furniture, Textiles & Fashion. bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Guest Lecturers
V&A Curators: Anna Jackson, Sau Fau
Chang, Divia Patel, Dr Susan North, Dr
Lesley Miller
Dr Susan Kay-Williams, Royal School of
Needlework
Dr Gale Crocker-Owen, University of
Manchester
Dr Amandine Mérat, British Museum
Dr Wolf Burchard, National Trust
Dr Philip Sykas, Manchester School of Art
Fiona Kerlogue, Horniman Museum
Dr Maria Haywood, Southampton
University
Sue Pritchard, Royal Museums Greenwich
Wandle, Furnishing fabric,
Indigo-discharged and
block-printed cotton,
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William Morris, England, ca. 1884 Return to contents 25S H O RT
COU RSES
Column capital, marble, front view,
26
Spanish (Al-Andalus), 10th century 27Self portrait leaning on a stone sill,
etching, Rembrandt, Netherlands, 1639 Autumn Term From Rembrandt to Esaias van der
Velde, gain a complete overview of the
extensive variety of Dutch art produced
DIVINE DESIGNS: during this pivotal time in art history.
M AT E R I A L C U LT U R E A N D You will explore how stylistic followers
C H R I ST I A N I T Y S of Caravaggio and new experiments
with group portraiture, landscape and
10 weeks, Mondays, 14.00 – 16.30 still life painting resulted in a revolution
24 September – 3 December 2018 in subject matter for artists.
(Half Term: 22 October)
£472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled
Course Leader: Person/Jobseeker
Joe Watson, London Creative Director of
the National Trust
F R O M A L- A N DA L U S
Discover the architecture and design TO T H E G O L D E N A G E O F
of two thousand years of the global S PA N I S H A RT S
Christian church. From the mysteries
of Byzantium to the transparent 10 weeks, Tuesdays, 10.30 – 13.00
rationalism of The Christ Pavilion at 25 September – 4 December 2018
EXPO 2000, lectures and site visits will (Half Term: 23 October)
bring to life the fascinating ways in
which Christianity has been visually Course Leader:
re-invented and translated across ages Jacqueline Cockburn, independent
and nations. art historian, Director of Art and
Culture Andalucía, lecturer for Christies
£472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled Education and the Arts Society
Person/Jobseeker
Discover the extraordinary Islamic art,
architecture and diverse visual culture
GOLDEN AGE that flowered from the historical period
O F D U TC H PA I N T I N G : of Al Andalus and culminated in The
1600-1650 S Golden Age of Spain. Exclusive access
to exhibits at the Dulwich Picture
10 weeks, Tuesdays, 10.30 – 13.00 Gallery and Bishop Auckland plus our
25 September – 4 December 2018 own extensive Islamic and Medieval
(Half Term: 23 October) collection will further connect the dots
across eight hundred years of material
Course Leader: culture.
Clare Ford-Wille, Associate Lecturer at
Birkbeck College, independent lecturer £472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled
and art historian Person/Jobseeker
28 Return to contents 29The Beauties of Brighton, cartoon,
SU FFRAGETTES Course Leader Alfred Henry Forrester aka Alfred Crowquill,
English, 19th century
AND THE V&A S Caroline Knight FSA, architectural
historian and lecturer
10 weeks, Tuesdays, 14.00 – 16.30
25 September – 4 December 2018 Discover the elegant buildings and
(Half Term: 23 October) bustling towns that provided vibrant
new social spaces for the English gentry
Course Leaders: during the 18th century. You will explore
Dr Amy Mechowski, V&A Head of the the stories of towns such as York,
Learning Academy Norwich and Nottingham, as well as the
Dawn Hoskin, V&A Assistant Curator of rise of resorts such as Bath and Brighton.
Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass
£378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled
Celebrate and study the suffragette Person/Jobseeker
movement’s stimulating influence on
Due to this course being located in a space at the heart
art, design and performance. Whilst of the British Galleries, vouchers will be provided for
the V&A managed to evade reported enjoying a tea or coffee in the restaurant either before or
after class. Catering will not be available on the break.
militant plots to damage objects and
galleries, the movement as a whole
had a profound effect on the 20th 20 T H C E N T U R Y I C O N I C
century art and design material now in INTERIORS S
its collections. In addition to lectures,
gallery talks and object handling 8 weeks, Wednesdays, 14.00-16.30
sessions, you will gain behind the 3 October – 28 November 2018
scenes access to our archives containing (Half Term: 24 October)
private scrapbooks, letters, propaganda,
posters, and photographs. Course Leader
Dominic Bradbury, writer and
£472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled journalist
Person/Jobseeker
Experience the awakening of interior
Due to this course being located in a space at the heart
of the British Galleries, vouchers will be provided for design as a barometer of changing
enjoying a tea or coffee in the restaurant either before or tastes and decorative styles. From Art
after class. Catering will not be available on the break.
Nouveau to Art Deco and modernism,
you will chart this one hundred year
18 T H C E N T U R Y E N G L A N D : journey across all parts of the world.
PLEASURES OF You will discover the captivating stories
P R OV I N C I A L L I F E S behind of some of the most influential
houses and spaces of the era.
8 weeks, Wednesdays, 10.30 – 13.00
3 October – 28 November 2018 £378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled
(Half Term: 24 October) Person/Jobseeker
30 Return to contents 31Frida and Me,
Print, lithograph with A RT D E C O S to inspire designers and fashionistas
chine collé and collage,
Miriam Schapiro, today.
New Jersey, 1990
10 weeks, Thursdays, 10.30 – 13.00
27 September – 6 December 2018 £378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled
(Half Term: 25 October) Person/Jobseeker
Course Leader
Christine Lalumia, design and art DA N C E F L O O R FA S H I O N S :
historian and Executive Director of WA LT Z TO H I P- H O P S
Contemporary Applied Arts
10 weeks, Thursdays, 14.00 – 16.30
Discover the delights of Art Deco, 27 September – 6 December 2018
the most distinctive and elegant of (Half Term: 25 October)
international, inter-war styles. You
will explore the lives and works of key Course Leader
artists and designers, and the growing Dr Clare Rose, fashion historian, author
interest in ancient Egyptian, Aztec and and senior lecturer in Contextual Studies
Mayan cultures and the arts of Africa at the Royal School of Needlework
and Japan.
From the scandalous closeness of
£472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled the waltz, to the club culture of
Person/Jobseeker the 1980s, trace the everlasting
relationship between fashion and
dance. Through illustrated lectures, live
F R I DA K A H L O : H E R A RT, L I F E dance demonstrations, films, music
AND TIMES S and access to our incredible fashion
archives, you’ll explore the interplay
8 weeks, Thursdays, 14.00 – 16.30 between new movements and new
13 September – 8 November 2018 fashions.
(Half Term: 25 October)
£472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled
Course Leader Person/Jobseeker
Chloë Sayer, author, lecturer and curator
In conjunction with our exhibition Frida
Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, examine
the turbulent life, legacy and work of
one of the great 20th century artists.
Set against the backdrop of post-
Revolutionary Mexico you will gain
a deep insight into Kahlo’s famously
powerful self-expression that continues
32 Return to contents 33V & A U N C OV E R E D : into contemporary theatre from an
C O L L E C T I O N S A N D C U R ATO R S impressive cast of leading theatre
( PA RT 1) S practitioners. 2017 guests included Sir
Matthew Bourne, Stockard Channing
10 weeks, Fridays, 10.30 – 13.00 and four 2018 Olivier Award nominees.
21 September - 30 November 2018
(Half Term: 26 October) £378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled
Person/Jobseeker
Course Leader
Jenny Phelan, V&A Learning Academy Find more information and book at
Programme Manager, Courses vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Led by V&A Curators, past and present,
as well as leading experts in the field,
gain unprecedented insight into our
collections. Part 1 includes a visit to the
Clothworkers’ Centre and V&A storage
facility at Blythe House, alongside
lectures exploring jewellery, fashion Spring Term
and furniture. Part 2 of this course will
follow in spring 2019. It is possible to
book both or each as individual terms. A RT I ST I C R I VA L R I E S A N D
R E P U TAT I O N S S
£472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled
Person/Jobseeker 10 weeks, Tuesdays, 11.00 – 15.30
15 January – 26 March 2019
(Half Term: 19 February)
B R I T I S H T H E AT R E 2018:
A N OV E R V I E W S Course Leader
Kevin Childs, independent lecturer and
8 weeks, Sundays, 11.00 – 13.00 writer
7 October – 2 December 2018
(Half Term: 28 October) Explore the symbiotic role of rivalry and
reputation in the history of art. From
Course Leader Leonardo and Michelangelo to Matisse
Matt Wolf, lecturer and theatre critic and Picasso, wade in on some of the
most famous artistic rivalries, providing
Relive the most significant British new perspectives on over six hundred
theatre productions of the last twelve years of art history.
months from bold new writing
to notable revivals. You will gain £699 Adult, £666 Senior, £526 Disabled
fascinating behind the scenes insights Person/Jobseeker The Original Polka No 1 by Jullien, Illustrated music
sheet cover, Coloured lithograph after John Brandard,
34 Return to contents M. & N. Hanhart London, ca. 1845 35T H E W O R L D AT YO U R F E E T: Exploring a range of distinctive Italian B AU H AU S S gain a rich understanding of the era’s
C A R P E T S F R O M E A ST court styles from Milan to Naples, you’ll social history.
TO W E ST S encounter masterpieces by artists 10 weeks, Wednesdays, 14.00 – 16.30
including Mantegna and Leonardo 16 January – 27 March 2019 £378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled
10 weeks, Tuesdays, 10.30 – 13.00 da Vinci, as well as a diverse range of (Half Term: 20 February) Person/Jobseeker
15 January – 26 March 2019 artefacts splendidly represented in the
(Half Term: 19 February) V&A’s collection. Course Leader
Dr Gregory Votolato, Curator, architect, U N EARTH ED
Course Leader £472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled teacher and writer ( PA RT 2) S
Jennifer Wearden, V&A Year Course Person/Jobseeker
Director Marking the centenary of the 10 weeks, Thursdays, 10.30 – 13.00
foundation of the Bauhaus, gain a 10 January – 21 March 2019
Delve into the fascinating world of M U S I C A N D A RT S comprehensive insight into the school’s (Half Term: 21 February)
hand-knotted carpets and study influence on modernist aesthetics and
their design, production, function 8 weeks, Wednesdays, 14.00 – 16.30 our lives today. You will unpack the Course Leader
and markets from the Middle Ages to 16 January – 13 March 2019 school’s complex educational theory, Christine Lalumia, design historian and
the present day. Long established as (Half Term: 20 February) meet its fascinating cast of characters Executive Director of Contemporary
indicators of wealth and good taste, and examine a range of classic works of Applied Art
discover both the prestigious and Course Leaders design.
humble dwellings that hand-knotted Dr Sally Dormer, V&A Year Course Consider how gardens can reflect
carpets have furnished. Director £472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled the concerns and beliefs of the wider
Dr Paula Nuttall, V&A Year Course Person/Jobseeker society which created them. Exploring
£472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled Director the origins of the influential gardening
Person/Jobseeker Clare Ford-Wille, Associate Lecturer at styles and some of the world’s principal
Birkbeck College, independent lecturer E D WA R D I A N E N G L A N D : gardeners, horticulturalists, designers
and art historian A RT I N A N AG E O F C H A N G E S and garden artists, you will gain a range
C O U RT S O F of new ways of thinking about the
R E N A I S S A N C E I TA LY S Journey from the 9th to the 19th 8 weeks, Thursdays, 10.30 – 13.00 garden as a social and artistic space. This
century, exploring the sacred 17 January – 14 March 2019 follows on from the first two Unearthed
10 weeks, Wednesdays, 10.30 – 13.00 representations of music-making in (Half Term: 21 February) courses, however previous participation
16 January – 27 March 2019 European architecture, sculpture, is not required.
(Half Term: 20 February) painting and decorative arts. You’ll Course Leader
discover music as an essential part of Justine Hopkins, independent lecturer £472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled
Course Leaders ecclesiastical and secular life through a and writer Person/Jobseeker
Dr Paula Nuttall, V&A Year Course range of fascinating artefacts designed
Director to praise God and express earthly From William Orpen to Rudyard Kipling,
Dr Geoff Nuttall, Associate Lecturer, emotions. journey back to Edwardian England,
Courtauld Institute a time when experimentation and
£378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled innovation challenged the expectations
Discover the outstanding artworks Person/Jobseeker of entrenched tradition in all aspects
of the Renaissance commissioned by of life. You will examine the works of
rulers to showcase their magnificence. great artists, architects and writers to
36 Return to contents 37T H E A RT O F A C T I N G S Part 1 of this course runs in autumn
2018. It is possible to book both or each
4 weeks, Fridays, 11.00 – 15.30 as individual terms.
15 March – 5 April 2019
£472 full price, £444 over 60s, £380
Course Leaders concessions
Malcolm Jones, Age Exchange Theatre
Trust and Ambassador Theatre Group Find more information and book at
Giles Ramsay, independent theatre vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
director and producer bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Gain a new appreciation for actors as
storytellers, reflecting the hopes and
anxieties of our times. You’ll discover
the inspirational stories of seminal
actors and prominent acting theory that
paved the road to respectability from Summer Term
Restoration Theatre to the present day.
£318 Adult, £299 Senior, £240 Disabled M E D I E VA L O B J E C T S O F U S E :
Person/Jobseeker B A P T I S M TO B U R I A L S
8 weeks, Tuesdays, 10.30 – 13.00
V&A U NCOVERED: 7 May – 2 July 2019
C O L L E C T I O N S A N D C U R ATO R S (Half Term: 28 May)
( PA RT 2) S
Course Leaders
10 weeks, Fridays, 10.30 – 13.00 Dr Sally Dormer, V&A Year Course
11 January 2019 - 22 March 2019 Director
(Half Term: 22 February) Dr Cathy Oakes, University of Oxford
Course Leader Study and re-imagine famous works
Jenny Phelan, V&A Learning Academy in the museum’s medieval collection
Programme Manager, Courses as they would have appeared in the
Middle Ages. You will explore topics of
Led by V&A curators, past and present, Baptism, the Mass, the Ministry of the
as well as leading experts in the field, Word and Commemoration, shedding
gain unprecedented insight into our new light on an age where all objects
collections. Part 2 includes a behind were designed with a specific function.
the scenes visit to the V&A Museum of
Childhood, alongside lectures including £378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled
Stoke Edith Garden hanging,
photography, glass and exhibitions. Person/Jobseeker
Embroidered wall hanging,
38 1710-1720,
England, Return to contents 39G R E AT A M E R I C A N refugee French craftsmen in London
M A ST E R S S during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Seminars, handling sessions and visits
10 weeks, Tuesdays, 14.00 – 16.30 to other leading London collections will
30 April – 9 July 2019 illuminate the reasons why generations
(Half Term: 28 May) of collectors have treasured these
ingenious examples of domestic silver
Course Leader for dining and display.
Dr Kathy McLauchlan, V&A Year Course
Director £378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled
Person/Jobseeker
Gain new insights into the character
of North American art, and consider
the interaction between American MODERN BUILDINGS
and European painters during a period LON DON S
of rapid change and innovation.
Concentrating on the work of 10 weeks, Wednesdays, 14.00 – 16.30
American artists between the eras of 1 May – 10 July 2019
Neoclassicism and Minimalism, you (Half Term: 29 May)
will trace the emergence of America as
one of the world’s most dynamic and Course Leader
forward-looking centres for art. Dr Gregory Votolato, curator, architect,
teacher and writer
£472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled
Person/Jobseeker Examine London’s finest buildings
inside and out to gain a new
understanding of the development of
H U G U E N OT S I LV E R : T U RT L E S, modern architecture since the middle
TA ST E A N D T U R E E N S S of the 19th century. Concept sketches,
measured drawings and photographs
8 weeks, Wednesdays, 10.30 – 13.00 will add extra dimensions to your
1 May - 26 June 2019 learning, many examples of which are
(Half Term: 29th May) found in the V&A and RIBA collections.
Course Leaders £472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled
Tessa Murdoch, V&A Deputy Keeper, Person/Jobseeker
Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and
Glass Charlotte Johnson, V&A Curator,
Gilbert Collection
Discover the historical significance
and enduring interest in the work of Silver soup tureen, London hallmarks (Britannia) for
1722-23, Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751) John Wakelin (-1802)
40 Return to contents London 1722-1723; 1795-1796 4120 T H C E N T U R Y: A R T, D E S I G N fashion archives will bring the famous
AND SOCIETY S boutiques of Carnaby Street and King’s
Road back to life, offering the chance
10 weeks, Thursdays, 11.00 – 15.30 to examine the exotic and historic
2 May – 11 July 2019 cultures that influenced radical new
(Half Term: 30 May) approaches to clothing design.
Course Leader £378 Adult, £356 Senior, £325 Disabled
Christine Lalumia, design historian and Person/Jobseeker
Executive Director of Contemporary
Applied Art
V I C TO R I A A N D A L B E RT:
Immerse yourself in the social history LIFE AND TIMES S
that created seminal 20th century
objects, physical spaces, and styles, 10 weeks, Fridays, 10.30 – 13.00
including Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, 3 May – 12 July
and Modernism. Examining this (Half Term: 31 May)
diverse period for decorative arts,
interiors, and architecture will offer a Course Leader
rich introduction to the ideas of the Mike Berlin, V&A Year Course Director
century’s major designers, thinkers
and influencers. Celebrate the two hundredth birthdays
of the V&A’s two illustrious namesakes
£699 Adult, £666 Senior, £526 Disabled with access to our unrivalled
Person/Jobseeker collections. You will discover how
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
epitomised the way all Victorians
FA S H I O N R E VO L U T I O N S : entertained, collected, consumed and
1955-1975 S mourned in an era of great cultural and
industrial change.
8 weeks, Thursdays, 14.00 – 16.30
9 May – 4 July 2019 £472 Adult, £444 Senior, £380 Disabled
(Half Term: 30 May) Person/Jobseeker
Course Leader
Dr Clare Rose, fashion historian, author
and senior lecturer in Contextual Studies
at the Royal School of Needlework
Step back in time to 1960s London and
explore the realities of the fashion
Vase, Earthenware and glazed,
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.
revolution. Lectures and visits to our
Keith Murray, Etruria
42
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COU RSES
Detail, Wild Men & Women
With Fabulous Animals,
Tapestry woven wool in various
colours, whole front view,
44 (Lucerne), Mid 15th century
Swiss 45VERSAILLES W £195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled papers and 20th century Modernist Discover how social trends, new
Person/Jobseeker designs, you will gain a new admiration technologies and materials have
Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00 for this truly decorative art. transformed the art form of jewellery
15 – 16 September 2018 in the 20th and 21st centuries. In-depth
T H E A RT O F £195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled discussions with contemporary makers
Course Leader F R E S C O PA I N T I N G W Person/Jobseeker will offer inspirational insight into the
Barbara Lasic, lecturer in History of Art global explosion of ideas and designs
at the University of Buckingham Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00 over the past seventy years.
3 – 4 November 2018 D R E S S I N G T H E PA R T:
Explore the fascinating and complex A H I STO R Y O F C O ST U M E £195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled
history behind one of Europe’s most Course Leader DESIGN FOR FILM W Person/Jobseeker
iconic palaces. Tracing the evocative Kevin Childs, independent lecturer and
visual narrative of Versailles’ history writer Saturday & Sunday 11.00-16.00
over three centuries, you will 1–2 December 2018 T H E FA M I LY P O R T R A I T I N
examine how kings, queens and royal Chart the history of fresco painting, B R I T I S H A RT: 1520-1900 W
mistresses influenced the Austrian considered the most difficult and there- Course Leader
capital’s architectural and stylistic fore the noblest art form by artists such Keith Lodwick, V&A Curator of Theatre Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00
development. as Michelangelo. You will explore the and Screen Arts 9 – 10 February 2019
stories and beliefs represented in famous
£195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled examples and look at various techniques, Explore the role of the costume designer Course Leader
Person/Jobseeker culminating in a practical session on and examine their contribution to the Angela Cox, art historian and
how to paint fresco. filmmaking process; from the silent independent lecturer
film era to modern digital film-making.
ROME AN D TH E RA J W £195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled The course will focus on the designer’s Investigate the most popular art form
Person/Jobseeker script to screen process and highlight in Britain until the end of the 19th
Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00 some notable collaborations between century. Using a range of fascinating
13 – 14 October 2018 designers, actors and directors. Special examples in the V&A collection
T H E H I STO R Y O F guests to be announced. and beyond, you will discover the
Course Leader WA L L PA P E R W motives to memorialise the family
Phiroze Vasunia, classical scholar, £195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled for contemporary viewers and for the
author and professor at University Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00 Person/Jobseeker generations to come.
College London 1 – 2 December 2018
£195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled
Examine the remarkable interplay Course Leader C O N T E M P O R A R Y J E W E L L E R Y: Person/Jobseeker
between the Roman Empire and the Joanna Banham, curator, author and 1945-2018 W
British Raj, looking at colonisers and independent lecturer
colonised alike. Led by historians, Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00
literary critics, and other experts, From 16th century patterns to the pres- 26 – 27 January 2019
paintings and archival sources will ent day, explore the alluring evolution
illuminate how classical culture of wallpaper. Analysing the production Course Leader
interacted with the British Empire from and cultural context of a range of ex- Beatriz Chadour Sampson, jewellery
the 18th to the 20th century. amples including Chinese hand-painted historian and curator
46 Return to contents 47M O D E R N I ST P I O N E E R S W £195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled
Person/Jobseeker
Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00
9 – 10 March 2019
TA P E ST R I E S :
Course Leader M E D I E VA L , R E N A I S S A N C E A N D
Dominic Bradbury, writer and journalist BAROQUE W
Journey back to the twenties and Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00
thirties, the birth of modernity itself. 22 – 23 June 2019
You will explore the designs, buildings
and products of the period’s innovators, Course Leader
discovering the profound stylistic and Jennifer Wearden, V&A Year Course
aesthetic shifts that define this seminal Director
period of 20th century design.
Explore the fascinating stylistic and
£195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled technical evolution of tapestries over
Person/Jobseeker four centuries. Studying representations
of significant events, you will discover
the central role tapestries played in the
A RT S O F A F R I C A : D E S I G N , culture and propaganda of the great EVENING
C U LT U R E A N D H I STO R Y W European courts from the Middle Ages COU RSES
to the middle of the 18th century.
Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00
4 – 5 May 2019 £195 Adult, £184 Senior, £147 Disabled
Person/Jobseeker
Course Leaders
Gill Saunders, V&A Senior Curator of Find more information and book at
Prints and Chair of the V&A’s Africa vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
Curators Group bookings team on 020 7942 2000
Carol Tulloch, Professor of Dress,
Diaspora and Transnationalism at the
University of the Arts London
Gain a fresh perspective on the
development and significance of
African art and design since the
19th century. Led by experts, you will
explore the Africa collections at the
V&A, offering rich context through
a wide range of textiles, jewellery,
photography and prints. Pine Forest in Le Barroux, Vaucluse,
Photograph C- type print,
48 Return to contents Simone Nieweg, 2012 49Detail, Lily Cole and Giant Camera,
H I STO R Y O F FA S H I O N Colour print on Harman Gloss
Baryta / Fibre Based paper,
P H OTO G R A P H Y E P H OTO G R A P H Y E Tim Walker (Born 1970), 2004
8 weeks, Tuesdays, 18.30 – 20.30 6 weeks, Tuesdays, 18.30 – 20.30
2 October – 27 November 2018 7 May – 18 June 2019
(Half Term: 23 October) (Half Term: 28 May)
Course Leader Course Leader
Martin Barnes, V&A Senior Curator of Susanna Brown, V&A Curator of
Photography Photography
Susanna Brown, V&A Curator of
Photography From the blossoming of the medium in
the early 20th century to the modern
Led by the specialists behind the day, gain a comprehensive overview
new V&A Photography Centre, of how fashion photography has
trace the evolution of photography reflected and shaped popular culture.
through early treasures, 20th century With the chance to view up-close rare
masterpieces and cutting-edge original images and publications from
contemporary images. With access to our collection, you will discover
one of the largest and most important inspiring and radical approaches to
photography collections in the world, editorial shoots and advertisements.
you will gain a unique insight into
the styles and techniques that have £299 Adult, £273 Senior, £259 Disabled
transformed the medium. Person/Jobseeker
£398 Adult, £375 Senior, £299 Disabled Find more information and book at
Person/Jobseeker vam.ac.uk/courses or by calling our
bookings team on 020 7942 2000
50 Return to contents 51Victoria and Albert Museum Five coloured luster 0831 (오색광율 0831),
Korean contemporary lacquer bowl made of dry lacquer,
Cromwell Road Hae-Cho Chung, Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do,
London, SW7 2RL South Korea, 2013
020 7942 2000
vam.ac.uk/courses
All information correct at time of printing.
All images © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
unless stated otherwise.
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