W. J. Haysom & Son and Lander’s Quarries Ltd is hosting a stone letter-carving course in June, which will be run this year by Andrew Whittle. This will be an opportunity for students to work Purbeck stone in a quarry environment under the tutelage of a prestigious carver. Andrew Whittle has an international reputation built up overContinue reading “Workshops: Purbeck stone letter-carving course”
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Graduate Workshop: Cappadocia in Context (16 June-4 July 2014)
Intensive Graduate Summer Workshop by Koç University RCAC 16 JUNE – 04 JULY 2014 Do you want to explore the rich artistic and cultural heritage of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine? Within the region’s spectacular volcanic landscape are dozens of rock-cut settlements, including hundreds of painted, rock-cut churches, chapels, monasteries, houses, villages, towns, fortresses and underground cities.Continue reading “Graduate Workshop: Cappadocia in Context (16 June-4 July 2014)”
Workshop Reflections: British Museum handling session: Objects with apotropaic inscriptions
The Courtauld has a reputation for getting up close to objects, sometimes to the concern of nearby gallery attendants. However, a number of handling sessions for postgraduate students to indulge in pawing exhibits without rebuke have been arranged at the British Museum with the kind assistance of Lloyd DeBeer and Naomi Speakman, both in progressContinue reading “Workshop Reflections: British Museum handling session: Objects with apotropaic inscriptions”
Call For Participants: Liturgy in History Study Day
Call For Participants: Liturgy in History Study Day Queen Mary’s Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies have announced a call for participants for ‘Liturgy in History’, an international study day for graduate students and early career researchers. When: Tuesday 19th November, 9:30 – 17:00 (lunch provided) Where: Queen Mary, Mile End Campus, room tbc Three speakersContinue reading “Call For Participants: Liturgy in History Study Day”
Study Day: Courtauld Tomb Raiders visit to the Temple Church, 30 October 2017
The Courtauld’s medieval research group with a special interest in funerary monuments, Tomb Raiders, invite all to a visit to the Temple Church just off the Strand on the morning of the 30th October. The student rate will be £2. The church is open 11-1, so once everyone has arrived we shall gather about 11:15Continue reading “Study Day: Courtauld Tomb Raiders visit to the Temple Church, 30 October 2017”
Study Day: Monumental Brass Society, Lingfield Church study day, 28 September 2013
The Monumental Brass Society are holding a study day at Lingfield Church in Surrey on the 28th September 2013. The speakers will be Nigel Saul and Clive Burgess.
Medieval Art Research 