Mon 9 Sep, 2019 - Thu 12 Sep, 2019 Art History Short Courses

An Introduction to the Arts of Islam

This course introduces students to the arts and architecture of the Islamic world, which has been a burgeoning area of interest for scholarship, museums, galleries, auction houses and collectors. From Spain to India, from monumental buildings such as the Dome of the Rock to the Taj Mahal, and from luxury…

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Mon 9 Sep, 2019 - Wed 11 Sep, 2019 Art History Short Courses

Battlegrounds: Eighteenth-century British Art and its Int...

This course plunges into what has become one of the most fought-over fields of art history: the interpretation of eighteenth-century British art. The sudden eruption of radical new approaches in the 1980s brought a new generation of scholars into view who challenged the status of established voices. At stake, was…

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Mon 8 Apr, 2019 - Thu 11 Apr, 2019 Art History Short Courses

Ideas on Art: A Beginner’s Course in Art Theory, c...

Philosophical theories on the nature, characteristics and function of art, and more narrowly, on beauty, have been very influential in the development of art history and in the ways we have interpreted, and sometimes also made, images. The names of their authors crop up time and again in art-historical texts…

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Mon 8 Apr, 2019 - Thu 11 Apr, 2019 Art History Short Courses

An Introduction to Christian Iconography

The Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Christ, prophets and saints, the Last Judgement, Paradise and Hell: these subjects have inspired artists to create some of the most outstanding works in the history of art. They all are Christian themes and originate in texts – in the Old Testament of the…

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Tue 30 Apr, 2019 - Tue 28 May, 2019 Art History Short Courses, Evening Lecture Series

Showcasing Art History – Britain ∩ Europe – P...

The shorter summer term investigates a particularly significant episode in the long history of British art’s relations with the Continent.  These lectures will take a close and critical look at the experiences of the émigré artists who came to this country after Hitler’s accession to power in 1933, examining not…

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Tue 2 Oct, 2018 - Tue 11 Dec, 2018 Art History Short Courses, Evening Lecture Series

Showcasing Art History – Britain ∩ Europe – P...

In this first part of our series, we shall investigate the strong transnational connections fostered by patronage, particularly by the cultural exchanges sponsored by monastic orders such as the Benedictines who closely connected the Christian world by a dense network of pilgrimage routes and religious sites.  We shall look at…

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Tue 15 Jan, 2019 - Tue 19 Mar, 2019 Art History Short Courses, Evening Lecture Series

Showcasing Art History – Britain ∩ Europe – P...

A notion of the distinctiveness of British art emerged strongly in the early modern period, at home and abroad, with definitions ranging from the refreshingly individual to the frankly eccentric. Some observers celebrated what they saw as a proudly independent artistic heritage, particularly associated with landscape painting and with a…

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Tue 25 Apr, 2017 - Tue 23 May, 2017 Art History Short Courses

Art and the Senses – Showcasing Art History Lecture...

These five talks are given by experts in the field and are intended as an introduction into the vibrant and expanding field of sensory studies of the arts. Lectures take place 7-8pm, followed by drinks to 9pm Click here for further details of how to book

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