The CRSBI Annual Lecture: ‘Romanesque Sculpture and Water: the Art of Carved Vessels’, with Michele Luigi Vescovi, 30 April 2025, 6-7.30pm (BST) 

The Courtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square Campus, Lecture Theatre 2

Book your tickets and learn more about the lecture on the Courtauld’s website.

The Courtauld is delighted to host the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland for the 2025 Annual Lecture.

In this talk, Dr Michele Luigi Vescovi will explore the intersections of Romanesque sculpture and water in medieval stone vessels. Examining carved well heads and holy water fonts throughout the Italian peninsula, mostly dating from the twelfth century, he will interrogate the ways in which their content – water – and its agency relate to their imagery. Furthermore, he will show how script and image, in turn, sought to shape the experience of the vessels’ viewers.

Dr Michele Luigi Vescovi, Associate Professor in Medieval Art and Architecture, University of Lincoln.

Organised by Dr John Munns, Associate Professor of History and Art History, Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Dr Tom Nickson, Reader in Medieval Art and Architecture, The Courtauld, as part of the Medieval Work-in-Progress series.