Love art and looking to learn something new this year... MonLife Heritage Museums has some great new Art History and Appreciation Courses starting soon, both online and live in-person. With popular Monmouthshire lecturer Eleanor Bird, explore THE ART OF SPAIN from medieval times to the 20th century in 10 weekly sessions. Starting Monday 15 January 2-4pm live at the Drill Hall Chepstow, you can catch the same course in live online lectures on Wednesday mornings 10.30am -12.30pm. There's also the option to catch up on any missed sessions with recorded online lectures available for 4 weeks. Spain can boast some of the greatest names in art history – Velasquez, Goya, Picasso, Miro, Dali and yet much of its art is little known outside the country. Discover this rich and vibrant heritage.

Also online an INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY focuses on the ART OF THE 19th CENTURY. From Romanticism to the revolution of Impressionism, this series of ten one hour online lectures on Monday evenings from 7-8pm, also beginning on 15th January, moves from the early 19th century to the 1880s, covering some of the most radical developments in art since the Renaissance. Highlights include the peak of British landscape painting with Turner and Constable leading the way and while the British Pre-Raphaelites became fascinated with the medieval and William Morris began the Arts & Crafts movement, in France a group of painters developed the brilliant colours and instant impact of Impressionism. This broad ranging and absorbing course needs no background in art history, just a desire to look harder at art and understand its developments more clearly.

To book any of these courses go to www.visitmonmouthshire.com/arthistory