Art & Art History

Please note that the ‘last booking’ date is only a guide. We reserve the right to close bookings earlier if courses are over- or under-subscribed. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure to enrol as soon as possible. Registrations may not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm. 

Frederick Richards Leyland, shipping magnate and art patron, was one of Victorian Liverpool’s most fascinating figures. Beginning as an apprentice at Bibby’s, he went on to found his own shipping line in the 1870s. His wealth and artistic temperament enabled him to collect Renaissance old masters and commission works from some of the most famous artists of the day, such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. This course explores Leyland’s role as an art patron and collector, looks at the art he commissioned, and considers his relationships with the artists he patronised, a number of whom visited him at his Liverpool home Speke Hall.

Number of Meetings

1

Course Leader

Dr Anna Maddison

CRN 25445 / CEPD4000

Course Fees

Course Fee: £26

Please note that the ‘last booking’ date is only a guide. We reserve the right to close bookings earlier if courses are over- or under-subscribed. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure to enrol as soon as possible. Registrations may not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm. 

Charles Cockerell, described the contribution of sculpture and painting to architecture as being ‘what the human voice and gesture are to human form – the parlant and expressive organ by which its soul is explained & illustrated more familiarly to our senses.’

Understanding architecture requires a knowledge of its unique terminology together with the ability to recognise and translate its visual vocabulary. The articulation of details and decorative features along with elements such as rhythm, spacing, materials, contribute to style and are used to convey meaning.

Focusing on buildings in Liverpool, this two-day course will introduce historical styles that are dominant in the city, such as Classicism, Gothic Revival, American Beaux Arts and Modern, and help students to interpret the ideas and concepts that are suggested by their architects.

Number of Meetings

2 (Thursday 13th July - Friday 14th July, 11AM-4PM)

Course Leader

Julie Robson

CRN 26194 / CEPD4000

Course Fees

Course Fee: Full Fee: £66 | Concession Fee: £33