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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