Raphael's early 16th century depiction of `The Holy Family' is one of the artworks to be studied in an upcoming art course at the Bermuda College, Faculty of Adult and Continuing Education.

Bermudian art historian Julia Horseman, M.A., who has been teaching at university level in the US for the past several years, will be offering a new course at the Bermuda College on `Art and Architecture of the Italian Renaissance' for the Spring Semester 1999, which commences in January. This will be the third course of lectures she has taught for the College.

"For many art lovers,'' she said, "the Italian Renaissance epitomises all that is perfect in painting, sculpture and architecture.'' Explaining that this era, which spanned the 14th to 16th centuries, represented a unique flowering of the arts and culture, "which has fascinated scholars ever since.'' Artists who changed the course of art history and who will be studied in the two-sectioned course include such masters as Michelangelo, Titian, Raphel, Masaccio, Donatello, Brunelleschi and Leonardo.

Section I (26 lectures), which runs from January 19 through April 27, takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10.05-11.25 a.m. and Section II (13 lectures) on Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m., also running from January 19 through April 27. Mrs. Horseman emphasised that there are no pre-requisites "and no exams!'' but suggested that `History of Art' by Janson, and available from the Bermuda College Bookstore, provides a useful text.

Registration for the course begins on December 14. For further details please telephone the Bermuda College at 239-4039.

HOLY FAMILY -- Raphael's 16th century masterpiece will be one of the works to be studied at the Bermuda College's "Art and Architecture of the Italian Renaissance'' set for spring 1999.