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Study art history and art appreciation at the Barnes, a leader in art education for nearly 100 years. Our classes take place online and on-site, with new courses on a diverse array of topics curated monthly. Barnes members receive a 10% discount. Online classes make great gifts.
The Elements of Art
Learn basic aesthetic principles and discover art’s communicative power by studying works in the Barnes collection.
Collection Concentration: Renoir Reconsidered
With 179 paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the collection, the Barnes is the ideal place to learn about this important but often misunderstood artist.
Learning to See
Learn how to see like an artist and better understand how painters, sculptors, and other creators express their unique experiences of the world.
Italian Masters: Giotto to Caravaggio
Study the work of Donatello, Raphael, Caravaggio, and other Italian artists who changed the course of western European art history.
Impressionism: Rebellion & Rivalry
Explore how the impressionists broke the rules for painting and turned the 19th-century art establishment on its head.
American Modernism in the Southwest: O’Keeffe to Peña
In the early 1900s, modernist painters like Georgia O’Keeffe and Marsden Hartley found inspiration in the American Southwest's natural beauty and Indigenous culture.
Jerusalem in the Middle Ages
Explore the arts of medieval Jerusalem, a bustling commercial center and home to Jews, Muslims, and Christians, all of whom regarded the city as integral to their faiths.
Painting Methods and Techniques in the Barnes Collection
Taught by a practicing artist, this course offers an in-depth look at the techniques and aesthetic thinking behind a range of artworks.
Visualizing Race
How has visual imagery shaped our ideas about race and racial categories?
Salvador Dalí: Surrealism and Beyond
This course explores Dalí’s dazzling, often shocking imagery through a diverse range of media spanning over 60 years.