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 - flexible • Short courses
Examine the major concerns of artists such as Cézanne, Monet, Manet and Degas and their intimate interaction with modern life.
- Mon 08 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
From Paris to Moscow, Glasgow to Barcelona, this course examines the richness and variety of European art nouveau.
- Mon 15 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 2025
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 15 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 2025
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 15 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
The work of northern Renaissance artists is often incredibly beautiful, with marvellous colours and textures. But there is much more to their work than simple aesthetics, for it evolved from an intriguing range of religious and cultural beliefs.
- Mon 15 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 2025
Online - live • Short courses
This course examines the social, economic, religious, and political contexts under which women have always made art, but have largely been marginalised in its formal histories and markets.
- Wed 17 Sep 2025 – 26 Nov 2025
- 10 meetings
- 4:00 – 5:00pm