Sandra Smith

Sandra Smith has a BA and MA in History of Art and a Certificate in Archaeology. She has taught adult education classes for the last 15 years, at the Universities of Reading and Oxford and for the WEA. She also teaches A Level Classics and History of Art at a local school and lives in Reading with her husband and two children.

Courses

Archaeology, Art and Life in Roman Britain 5 meetings on Wednesdays starting 10/11/2021. 10:00am - 12:00pm Tutor: Sandra Smith

What did the Romans ever do for us? The Romans first invaded Britain under Julius Caesar in the first century BC, but it is the Emperor Claudius who sent an army to subdue the British Isles. In this course we will investigate Roman customs, religion, engineering, politics and art in order to understand the spectacular contribution they made to modernising Britain and enhancing its cultural life. We will study engineering and planning marvels, such as their road system, fortress network and new towns and cities.

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Post Impressionism in Britain: The Bloomsbury Painters & Camden Town School 5 meetings on Thursdays starting 13/01/2022. 2:00pm - 4:00pm Tutor: Sandra Smith

In 1910 an exhibition called Manet and the Post Impressionists was held in London.  The term Post Impressionist had not been used before and was adopted by the organisers to characterise the work of a varied and exciting selection of artists working in France at the end of the nineteenth century, all of whom had been associated at some time with the Impressionist group.  This exhibition was organised by Roger Fry, an English artists and writer who is also associated with the more literary Bloomsbury Group, whose most famous member was Virginia Woolf.  Fry’s exhibition also in

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Post Impressionism in Canada including “The Group of Seven” 5 meetings on Wednesdays starting 27/04/2022. 10:00am - 12:00pm Tutor: Sandra Smith

The Group of Seven were a small movement of painters who met in the Canadian city of Toronto early in the 20th century and began exploring the Canadian landscape in new, modern and exciting ways. Major artists in the group include Franklin Carmichael Lawren Harries and Frank Johnston. Also associated but not officially members were Tom Thomson and Emily Carr. The group believed a strong Canadian identity and style could be created based on direct contact with nature.

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