Making sense of art history

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Making sense of art history provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

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Syllabus

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 What is art?
- 1 What is art?
- 2 The Turner Prize: an annual farce or a celebration of creativity?
- 2 The Turner Prize: an annual farce or a celebration of creativity?
- 3 Art works and their effects
- 3 Art works and their effects
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Recording your feelings
- 3.3 Reading an art text
- 4 The relationship between effects and techniques
- 4 The relationship between effects and techniques
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 The form of art: looking at techniques
- 5 Colour
- 5 Colour
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Question 1: Has a wide or narrow palette of colours been used?
- 5.3 Question 2: Have contrasting colours been placed next to each other?
- 5.4 Question 3: Are there more warm colours than cool colours or vice versa?
- 5.5 Question 4: Are the colours largely bright or dull?
- 5.6 Question 5: In what way is dark and light colour used?
- 5.7 Comparing art works
- 6 Medium
- 6 Medium
- 7 Composition
- 7 Composition
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The representation of depth
- 7.3 The use of line
- 7.4 Summary
- 8 Meaning and interpretation
- 8 Meaning and interpretation
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements

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Language

English
Certificate
Certificate Available
Date of Start
30th December, 2022
Level
Beginner
Price
Free Certificate
Provider
OpenLearn
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