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European High Renaissance: Leonardo to Michelangelo (Online)
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Join us at V&A South Kensington as we explore a remarkable period in European art and architecture. Expert lecturers will bring to life artists of the sixteenth century, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Dürer and Brueghel. Discover how the Renaissance, from its beginnings in Italy, came to affect the whole of Europe, with innovations in painting, sculpture and architecture.
To support your learning, lecture recordings and study materials, lecture notes, copies of the presentations, and additional study materials will be made available in our secure Microsoft Teams environment for 10 weeks after the course ends, so you'll never miss a thing. While you're there, you can join the conversation: share your perspective with your fellow students, and support each other in your further enquiries outside of class time.
If you would prefer to join this course in-person at V&A South Kensington, you have two options: attend the lectures live, or upgrade your experience with five complementary gallery talks.
To support your learning, lecture recordings and study materials, lecture notes, copies of the presentations, and additional study materials will be made available in our secure Microsoft Teams environment for 10 weeks after the course ends, so you'll never miss a thing. While you're there, you can join the conversation: share your perspective with your fellow students, and support each other in your further enquiries outside of class time.
If you would prefer to join this course in-person at V&A South Kensington, you have two options: attend the lectures live, or upgrade your experience with five complementary gallery talks.
V&A Academy Course Leader
Dr Kathy McLauchlan
Dr Kathy McLauchlan, graduated at Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute. In 2001 she completed a PhD thesis on French painters in Rome during the 19th century. A lecturer specialising in 19th-century art history, she is currently a course director at the Victoria & Albert Museum and lecturer with the Arts Society, Morley College and Oxford.
Totally fantastic course - really well structured and presented and excellent subject matter and presenters. Previous V&A Academy Course Attendee
Course overview
Explore a remarkable period in European art and architecture. Expert lecturers will bring to life artists of the sixteenth century, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Dürer and Brueghel.
Discover how the Renaissance, from its beginnings in Italy, came to affect the whole of Europe, with innovations in painting, sculpture and architecture. Vasari, the first modern art historian, recorded the activities of his contemporaries and contributed to their long-term celebrity. Although an admirer of the High Renaissance, he was working in the new and more elaborate court style, known as Mannerism. It was this style that was later taken up in the courts of northern Europe, although the results were very different from those in Italy. The most important new development was printing, and illustrated books and prints by Dürer and his contemporaries made images familiar to a wide audience, as well as providing sources for design and ornament. Printed books and pamphlets would play a central role in spreading new religious ideas during the Reformation period.
Membership Priority Booking will open at 10.00 BST on Wednesday 25 June. General Booking will open at 10.00 BST on Monday 7 July 2025.
Our courses are built using the latest Microsoft software. Tune in to expert lectures live or catch up on demand. Join discussions and continue your learning with downloadable handouts and presentations. Find out more >>
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Online course: European High Renaissance: Leonardo to Michelangelo (Online)
24 September 2025 - 26 November 2025
£300.00
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