“The Root of Everything” – Drawing in Europe from the Renaissance to the Modern Period
Schedule
Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am to Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 0RN London, United Kingdom | London, EN
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Spring School on campusDr Rachel Sloan, Dr Rachel Hapoienu and Kate Edmondson
Monday 20 – Thursday 23 April 2026
£545
N.B This course takes place in the Learning Centre and Prints and Drawings Study Room, both at Somerset House
Course description
Employing the resources of the Courtauld’s world-class graphic collections, this course investigates drawings and draughtsmanship from the Renaissance to around 1900.
Face-to-face with notable examples from our collections, we shall study the traditional media and supports artists have used across the centuries. This daily object study in the prints and drawings room will be complemented by class-room sessions that look at the role of drawing in the wider history of European art. Our discussions will include the use and functions of drawings in the workshop and studio; the role of drawing in artists’ education; the practice of collecting drawings and tracing their provenance; the development of new media and techniques in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; and the emergence of drawing as an art form in its own right.
This course is co-taught by specialists in different historical periods and aspects of works on paper and includes hands-on sessions exploring media and materials.
Find out more and book now: https://courtauld.ac.uk/short-courses-2026/spring-school/the-root-of-everything-drawing-in-europe-from-the-renaissance-to-the-modern-period/
Image: Attributed to Wybrand Simonsz. de Geest the elder, 'Portrait of a Young Girl,' 1600-1625, red chalk with stumping on laid paper, with red chalk framing lines partly trimmed away, the right edge cut into an 'L' shape, laid down, Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © Courtauld
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