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Age of Rococo: History, art, and culture in the 18th century (Pickering)

  • Pickering Memorial Hall Potter Hill Pickering, England, YO18 8AA United Kingdom (map)
 

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera (1717),

Paris, Musée du Louvre

https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/pilgrimage-cythera

 

This thematically led course considers key examples of arts and culture in the 18th century. Taking as a connecting theme the extravagantly ornate styles of the Rococo period, we will explore Europe's cultural landscape. Sessions will include Peter the Great's Russia, The Careers of Mozart and Haydn, and Voltaire and the Enlightenment.

10 weeks, Friday 22 April - Friday 1 July (incl., with half-term break on 3 June)

Please note that this is a WEA course, and can only be booked directly with the WEA. For further details and booking, please follow this link.

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