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History, Culture and Heritage

There are lots of courses on this page - There is a summary list to help you find your course more easily.

19th Century French Art: David to Impressionism
A History of Christmas and Festive Traditions
A Woman's History Tour of Brighton & Hove
BC Is Best - The World of Ancient Greece and Rome
Cinema and Society
Cities, Towns and Villages of Sussex
Knossos - The Land of Minotaur
Researching the History of Your Brighton & Hove House
Scattered Squalor: Brighton Housing History
Sussex Country Houses and their settings
The Art of Ancient Rome
The Edwardians: A Golden Age 1890 - 1914
The Regency World of Jane Austen
Women, Art and Society
Ancient Greek Sculpture - the Venus de Milo's Arms
Art in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Artists' London - From Holbein to Hirst
Atlantis - Myth, Belief or Reality?
Brighton & Hove 21st Century Landscapes
Classical Greek Architecture - The Parthenon
Culture and Society between the Wars 1918-1939
How to Lead a Good and Simple Life - the Ancient Way
Myths, Monsters & Marble Halls - Our Debt to Greece & Rome
Painting & Patronage: The Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian Painting
Places of Worship - City of Brighton & Hove
Post Impressionism in Britain - The Edwardian Era
Victorian and Edwardian City 1830-1914

Courses

19th Century French Art: David to ImpressionismA look at painting in nineteenth century France including Manet, Degas and the Symbolists, from academic concerns to Impressionism.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 8 places 28 Sep 2010  (Autumn )    for 20 weeks  Tue 14:00-16:00 Brighton Junction 
A History of Christmas and Festive TraditionsStudy the origins, meanings and significance of many Christmas customs and traditions.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 9 places 04 Dec 2010  (Autumn )    one day  Sat 13:00-16:00 Brighton Junction 
A Woman's History Tour of Brighton & HoveThe history of our city is well-known but what of the women in the background whose story is still to be told? This illustrated talk gives a female eye view of some of the women, well-known and not, who helped shape our rich local history.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 10 places 20 Nov 2010  (Autumn )    one day  Sat 11:00-13:00 Brighton Junction 
BC Is Best - The World of Ancient Greece and RomeWe bring the ancient world to life by looking at the Romans and how they related to the other peoples of the world, including the Greeks.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 9 places 23 Sep 2010  (Autumn )    for 10 weeks  Thu 10:30-12:30 Ivory Place 
Cinema and SocietyStudy the history and experience of cinema-going, exploring how screen reflected society and also how much society influenced filmmakers.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 14 places 04 Oct 2010  (Autumn )    for 5 weeks  Mon 19:00-21:00 Ivory Place 
Cities, Towns and Villages of SussexThis course looks at some of the features of settlement history across the county utilising literature, maps, slides and visits to better understand our human landscape.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 11 places 30 Sep 2010  (Autumn )    for 10 weeks  Thu 10:00-12:00 Brighton Junction 
Knossos - The Land of MinotaurHalf man, half bull, the Minotaur stalked the labyrinth of King Minos of Crete. But what is the truth behind the myth? We look at the fantastic palaces of Knossos, Phaestos and other places to discover a civilisation that flourished 4,000 years ago.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 9 places 20 Nov 2010  (Autumn )    one day  Sat 10:00-13:00 Brighton Junction 
Researching the History of Your Brighton & Hove HouseLearn how to research the history of your own house and write it up. The course includes examples drawn from the rich archives in Brighton & Hove and Rottingdean, Portslade and Patcham.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 16 places 13 Nov 2010  (Autumn )    one day  Sat 10:00-16:00 Brighton Junction 
Scattered Squalor: Brighton Housing HistoryThis course looks at aspects of the city's housing history.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 12 places 28 Sep 2010  (Autumn )    for 10 weeks  Tue 14:00-16:00 Brighton Junction 
Sussex Country Houses and their settingsSussex has a rich heritage from the medieval period onwards which illustrate the majority of national developments in use, architectural style, ownership and a richness of personalities and families.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 6 places 29 Sep 2010  (Autumn )    for 10 weeks  Wed 10:30-12:30 Brighton Junction 
The Art of Ancient RomeThe Romans are often thought of as a practical people, but they produced great works of art as well - from realistic sculptures to superb pottery and glass, not to mention the marvellous mosaics found all over the empire.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 10 places 09 Oct 2010  (Autumn )    one day  Sat 10:00-13:00 Brighton Junction 
The Edwardians: A Golden Age 1890 - 1914This course explores the pre-war 'golden age' of the Edwardians and the void between the elegant idyll of the wealthy and the poor living in slums.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 13 places 28 Sep 2010  (Autumn )    for 10 weeks  Tue 10:30-12:30 Brighton Junction 
The Regency World of Jane AustenWe will explore the Regency England of Jane Austen, delightfully described in her novels - from great country estates to fashionable town life in Bath and Brighton, where we view the stylish parading grounds, assembly halls, shops and seaside.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 9 places 25 Sep 2010  (Autumn )    one day  Sat 13:00-16:00 Brighton Junction 
Women, Art and SocietyWe traverse art history analysing woman in her various guises.
You can apply to enrol on this course online. 6 places 29 Sep 2010  (Autumn )    for 20 weeks  Wed 14:00-16:00 Brighton Junction 
Ancient Greek Sculpture - the Venus de Milo's ArmsWe owe a lot to the Greeks but nothing more so than the ideas of sculpture - they were, in fact, the originators of our ideas of portraying the human form.
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Art in the Second Half of the Twentieth CenturyWorld war II ushered in a new era in art. Meet the rich diversity of personalities who produced it, through the fascinating and vivid kaleidoscope of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Each term will have a gallery visit.
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Artists' London - From Holbein to HirstThis course examines the topography of London’s artistic centres, and puts the art and artists into the social and cultural context of London’s past, from the City in 1500 to the colonising of the East End in 2000.
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Atlantis - Myth, Belief or Reality?Over 2000 years Plato wrote of a remarkably advanced and civilised people whose city mysteriously disappeared under the waves: was this a work of Plato's imagination or did it really exist?
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Brighton & Hove 21st Century LandscapesBrighton & Hove, a gem of a city to study and explore; this course looks at its history and 21st century face, to further understand the 'spirit of the place.'
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Classical Greek Architecture - The ParthenonWe will examine the Parthenon and many other famous buildings from Ancient Greece including temples, theatres, and sports centres such as Olympia and Delphi to see how and why they were constructed.
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Culture and Society between the Wars 1918-1939This course focuses on cultural changes that followed World War 1, when high living declined for the wealthy due to the lack of servants, and cultural life took on a particular aspect, reflected in the architecture, design, fashion, literature and cinema of the era.
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How to Lead a Good and Simple Life - the Ancient WayIn this economic climate we seek ways to live a simple life. This class will draw upon teachings from the Ancient Greeks and Romans to find the answers.
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Myths, Monsters & Marble Halls - Our Debt to Greece & Rome‘We are all Greeks, our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts have their roots in Greece’ – Percy Bysshe Shelley, Preface to ‘Hellas’. Was Shelley right? To out we trace the influence of Ancient Greece and Rome on the western world over the last two thousand years.
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Painting & Patronage: The Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian Paintingcourse focuses on artistic ideas and practice generated in the wider nineteenth century.
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Places of Worship - City of Brighton & Hove
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Post Impressionism in Britain - The Edwardian EraFrom Bloomsbury to Camden Town, from Fry and Bell to Wyndham Lewis, Gwen and Augustus John this course examines the enormous impact that modernism had on artistic life and practice in Britain during the Edwardian Era.
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Victorian and Edwardian City 1830-1914We will examine the major social, political and cultural developments transformed the world of the Victorians and the Edwardians between the 1830s and 1914.
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