Study the history of art online
Short online courses in the history of art
Our short online courses in the history of art include weekly classes, day schools, lecture series and self-paced online courses.
Get up to speed with the latest debates and methods to interpret works of art, particularly in the areas of politics, society, gender and identity, material culture and decolonising practices.
Upcoming courses
Online - live • Short courses
A comprehensive introduction and historical framework to the rich, diverse, artistic and architectural legacy of Andalucía, Spain's most southerly region, produced between about 750 and 1550 CE, but with reference to its more ancient history.
- Wed 28 May 2025 – 25 Jun 2025
- 5 meetings
- 2:00 – 3:00pm
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid - in person or online
Trees speak to all of us. Across the world and throughout history, trees have been central to our lives: sources of shelter and food and wonder. This day school explores how Western artists through the ages have celebrated their mysterious power.
- Sat 07 Jun 2025
- 10:15am – 5:30pm
Online - flexible • Short courses
Examine the major concerns of artists such as Cézanne, Monet, Manet and Degas and their intimate interaction with modern life.
- Mon 09 Sep 2024 – 22 Nov 2024
Online - flexible • Short courses
From Paris to Moscow, Glasgow to Barcelona, this course examines the richness and variety of European art nouveau.
- Mon 16 Sep 2024 – 29 Nov 2024
Online - flexible • Short courses
This course will seek to provide guidelines about how to look at modern art in an open-minded, critical and analytical way.
- Mon 16 Sep 2024 – 29 Nov 2024
Online - flexible • Short courses
This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to study and analyse paintings, drawings and prints, and learn the 'language of looking'.
- Mon 16 Sep 2024 – 29 Nov 2024
Undergraduate Certificate in the History of Art
The part-time Certificate in the History of Art teaches students about the production and provenance of works of art in museums, as well as key skills such as how to view and describe works of art.Undergraduate Diploma in the History of Art
A two-year part-time course in which you study two modules from a choice of four, each of which allows you to immerse yourself in a specific period of art history. Taught at second-year undergraduate level.MSt in the History of Design
This two-year part-time master's degree explores how ordinary things and places created since 1851 reveal fascinating traces of historical experiencMSt in Literature and Arts
An interdisciplinary programme which encompasses literature, history, art, architectural history, political thought and the history of ideas. Designed around 3 sequential periods of British history, from Early Modern to the early 20th century.