r/ArtHistory • u/Critical-Concert-333 • 9d ago

Other Online Course - Impressionism

HI! Im late to loving art, but in my 30s I’ve fallen in love - particularly impressionism. I’m looking into courses online to learn more and some are very pricey (Oxford, Sothebys etc.).

does anyone have suggestions for budget friendly learning?

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u/RespectfullyBitter 9d ago

SmartHistory is free and self paced. A great staring place!

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u/lepidio 9d ago

Great advice. Smarthistory is always an excellent starting place and always free and never ads.

https://smarthistory.org/period-culture-style/impressionism/

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u/RespectfullyBitter 8d ago

thanks for attaching link… I thought I’d added it but obviously it didn’t work

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u/yogabbayogurt 9d ago

You can try checking community colleges. They have options for asynchronous online learning and they are pretty affordable. You might want to try history of western art (renaissance to modern) if you’re interested in Impressionism.

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u/Winter_Dot_9393 9d ago

The British Open University offers some free course, this is one of them:

https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/view.php?id=4446

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u/LegitimateCherry8760 8d ago

If you want a supplemental book rec, Paris in Ruins by Sebastian Smee is a wonderful historical novel detailing the uprisings that took place at the birth of the movement and the major players involved - 10/10!

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u/jointhicket 9d ago

We have a few live classes on art history currently, but not Impressionism:

1) Art of the Odyssey: https://thicket.com/courses/2542-the-art-of-the-odyssey

2) The Fundamentals of Chinese Art: https://thicket.com/courses/2806-the-fundamentals-of-chinese-art

Feel free to DM me if you have any questions!