Led by Nick Volley, artist and tutor at The Slade School of Fine Art

Saturday 16 July 2005, 10.30–16.30
Sunday 17 July 2005, 10.30–16.30

Joshua Reynolds's Discourses, a series of annual lectures delivered at The Royal Academy of Arts between 1769 and 1791, were among the most important art criticism of their time and established the main tenets of Academic theory that went unchallenged for the next hundred years. His principal concerns were an emphasis on sculptural form derived from the study of classical art; the dramatic use of light and shade; and the subordination of detail in favour of eclectic generalisation.

Led by Nick Volley this workshop explores the use of Academic theory in drawing from sculpture and the figure. Practical sessions are combined with discussion and work in the galleries and the Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity exhibition.

Tate Britain  Manton Studio
£70, booking recommended
Price includes materials and refreshments

  

This event is related to the Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity exhibition