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Evening Courses

Antique Furniture

30 January - 6 March 2012

The six week evening course provides a basic introduction to one of the most popular of antiques media. It has been designed to give an overview of British furniture made between 1550 and 1850. Using illustrations of surviving pieces coupled with an examination of supporting primary evidence from a variety of sources you will learn about the commissioning, making, styles and use of furniture during this fascinating three hundred year period.

There will be opportunities for you to develop familiarity with how to appraise furniture items, to look at cataloguing methods used by saleroom experts and to examine some of the factors affecting the commercial value of furniture items sold at auction. On completion of the course you should be able to identify and appraise a range of furniture types from the periods reviewed.

Discovering Painting & Dress

30 January - 6 March 2012

Whether made from homespun linens or shimmering silks clothing does more than cover the human flesh. As well as both revealing and concealing parts of the human body, designed and tailored clothing reveals much about a wearer's social, professional, economic and even moral status. This six week course offers a fresh and fascinating insight in to the world of fashion and the fine arts. Using works by familiar artists from different periods the programme will explore the ways in which fashion designers and artists have used clothing to craft identities. As well as enhancing an understanding of the cultural contexts in which art works have been produced, participants will develop knowledge and appreciation of the use of dress history in aiding the identification and dating of unattributed works of art.

Introduction to Opera

20 February - 26 March 2012

For many people opera is amongst the greatest and most intense pleasures that life has to offer. For others it is a dauntingly incomprehensible art form. In this course of six lectures, Patrick Bade aims to make the pleasures of opera more accessible. There are no special requirements if you wish to attend other than the ability to enjoy a good tune and the willingness to indulge in some healthy emotion.

With the aid of a wide range of historic and modern recordings and visual images, you will explore Italian, French, German and Russian opera and Patrick will explain the various categories of operatic voices

Course Director: Patrick Bade

Bookings

To book your place you can download a booking form here and email it to us at education@christies.com. Alternatively you can book your place over the phone by calling +44 20 7665 4350.