Want to know the curiosities of art and history?
And 61 personalities, facts and ideas that have marked the history of art.
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Course 1 – Curiosities about the Art History
Learn about the history of art, the most important artists and their masterpieces from art curiosities and unusual facts of history.
From these are built a path that leads the participant to know the history of art in some of its most striking aspects.
From the Ancient Age to the Contemporary Age.
Course 2 – Learn art history from 32 curiosities and unusual facts
Learn about the great artists, the works, the controversies, and the rivalries that mark History and Art in 32 lessons.
Starting with these 32 curiosities of history and art, information is given regarding the most outstanding facts, characters, and works of art, as well as clues for deepening the themes.
Why take online courses on curiosities of art and history?
Certificate
At the end of the course, a training certificate will be issued .
We are a training entity certified by DGERT – Training Entity Certificate No. 1800/2015 – so the certificate has international validity.
How it works
Online course 1 – Curiosities
Part 1 – Ancient Ages
1.1 Why there are paintings and statues in Egyptian tombs
1.2 The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb
1.3 How the Egyptian temples were saved
1.4 The sphinx who made a promise
1.5 The optical illusion in the temples
1.6 The reunification of the Parthenon
1.7 The disappeared Roman cities
1.8 The Colosseum and the games
Part 2 – Middle Ages
2.1. The inclination of Pisa Cathedral’s bell tower
2.2. The Chimerae of Notre Dame Cathedral
2.3. The heritage saved by literature
Part 3 – Modern Ages
3.1. Leonardo da Vinci x Miguel Ângelo
3.2. A Special Air Corridor
3.3. The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci (1495-1498)
3.4. One of the greatest patrons in the history of art
3.5. The only artwork signed by Michelangelo
3.6. Great achievements require brilliant minds and give rise to intrigue
3.7. How Michelangelo was criticized
3.8. Palace of Versailles residence of discipline and opportunism
3.9. The greatest proof of love in the world
3.10. Caravaggio, the “protégé“
Part 4 – Contemporary age
4.1. What saved the Eiffel Tower
4.2. Gaudí the eccentric
4.3. Ludwig II the Mad King
4.4. The Sagrada Familia and its legacy
4.5. The Guggenheim’s Unexpected Success
4.6. Van Gogh and the wasted talent
4.7. The creation of abstract art by Kandinsky
4.8. The power of Picasso
Online course 2 – Curiosities
Lesson 1
Damnatio Memoriae – is it possible to erase history?
Lesson 2
Venationes – thousands of wild animals lost their lives in the Coliseum.
Lesson 3
The Basilica that became a Mosque.
Lesson 4
Acqua alta – is it possible to save Venice?
Lesson 5
The flying censer.
Lesson 6
The Chapel that looks like a piece of jewelry.
Lesson 7
Jan van Eyck‘s great invention.
Lesson 8
The Saint who chose his burial place.
Lesson 9
Leonardo da Vinci´s booknotes.
Lesson 10
The many architects of the Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Lesson 11
“Don’t touch the relics!” – a king who wanted to be eternal and one of the greatest businesses in history.
Lesson 12
Dissections on behalf of art.
Lesson 13
Michelangelo’s disenchantment with the Sistine Chapel.
Lesson 14
What is the great innovation of the Mona Lisa?
Lesson 15
Benvenuto Cellini – the “outlaw”.
Lesson 16
Rembrandt – from fame to bankruptcy.
Lesson 17
Bernini X Borromini – one of the great rivalries in architecture.
Lesson 18
Jacques Louis David – the “ferocious terrorist“.
Lesson 19
The Giant Heart of Canova.
Lesson 20
The illness that changed the course of art.
Lesson 21
The dedicated architect who was not invited.
Lesson 22
The Inquisition’s Censorship – and its reflections in art.
Lesson 23
Claude Monet – an eye problem and some of the most fascinating works of art.
Lesson 24
The Salon – and the big chance for fame.
Lesson 25
The great risks that Gustave Eiffel took.
Lesson 26
The risky choice of Kandinsky.
Lesson 27
The artist who knew how to use marketing like no one else.
Lesson 28
The architect with a cursed destiny.
Lesson 29
What is the origin of the Louvre Museum‘s collection?
Lesson 30
Paris – the city of disagreement.
Lesson 31
Bold and polemic works that marked the history of art.
Lesson 32
What gives value to the works of art?
Author
Diana Ferreira
Graduate in Art History from the Faculdade de Letras of the University of Porto and Master in Museology (Spain: Valladolid).
Worked in the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna di Roma and was part of the managing staff of the Uffizi Gallery, in Florence.
Studied and worked in Italy and Spain several times on scholarships. Trainer and head teacher for the subject on Art History in Porto, and Introduction to History of Art, Iconography and History of Architecture at the Academy of Art in Florence.
The book Guia dos Tesouros Arquitectónicos (Lisbon: Chiado Editores, 2014) was published in 2014, product of an in-depth investigation on the addressed topics.
