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"AHA courses are much better than A level History of Art as a preparation for university work. Exposure to real paintings, sculpture and buildings develops visual alertness. Seeing art in the cities where it was made reveals how it was shaped by its cultural context. Students from AHA have been made aware of many of the problems and excitements of academic Art History before they begin their BA."
Professor John Onians
The School of World Art Studies, University of East Anglia
Where do we go and What do we see
London - 4 days
Monarchy, Church & State in Britain at Westminster and Buckingham Palace. The Classical Tradition and Grand Tour at the Victoria & Albert and John Soane's Museums. Greek, Roman and Non-European Art at the British Museum and 14th - 16th century Western Art at the National Gallery.
Sicily - 4 days
Greek temples at Segesta, Roman and Norman mosaics in Palermo, Classical poetry and Sicilian Baroque in Syracuse and the first of many Caravaggios.
Amalfi - 1 day
Swimming, drawing, boating and rest.
Naples - 4 days
Greek marbles and bronze sculpture at the Archaeological Museum, several fine examples of 16th and 17th century painting at the Capodimonte Museum, a day trip to Pompei to study Roman daily life and a journey up dormant Vesuvius.
Rome - 5 days
Classical Rome, Early Christian Church, Vatican and a special visit of the Sistine Chapel, when it is closed to the general public. Michelangelo, Raphael and the High Renaissance. Reformation and the rise of the Catholic Church. Bernini, Borromini and the extravagant Baroque. A free morning.
Florence - 5 days
Renaissance painting at the Uffizi. The Brancacci Chapel and sculpture at the Bargello. Ghiberti, Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo & Michelangelo and Brunelleschi's dome. Patronage of the Medici family. A free afternoon.
Venice - 5 days
Giotto at Padua en-route to ‘La Serenissima' Venice. A private visit to the Basilica of St Mark's. Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Palladio, the Peggy Guggenheim Museum and we'll include a well earned day off.
Paris - 3 days
Revolution and Napoleon, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism & Cubism. David, Gericault, Delacroix, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso & Braque.
London - 3 days
Age of an Empire with Turner at the Tate Britain. The Young British Artists in the Saatchi Collection. International Modernism at the Tate Modern and the cutting edge contemporary scene with artists' studio visits.
