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Course outline

In the fifteenth century there was a revolution in painting north of the Alps, which was every bit as dazzling as the one in Italy. Beginning in the wealthy towns of Flanders, and encouraged by the powerful Dukes of Burgundy, a new level of emotion and realism was achieved. During the sixteenth century new artistic styles also developed in the Netherlands and Germany.

We will meet the early Flemish masters, such as Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, before moving to the Netherlands to explore the work of Pieter Breughel the elder and Hieronymus Bosch.

The recordings are edited to protect the privacy of those who attended the original session. Each edited session is around the 2¼ hours mark - but don’t forget: you can stop and start at any point, so you can pour a new glass of wine/brew another cup of tea/have a nap/whatever, then pick up where you left off.

To access the recordings, just click on the links in the section immediately below this.

We hope you enjoy your course!