The Spring term York Medieval Lecture with Professor Catherine Clarke (Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research) has been postponed to Wednesday 16 March (5.30pm in K/133). Catherine will be speaking on: Imagining Microplaces: From Medieval into the Present Placing our histories is always key toContinue reading “Online Lecture: ‘Imagining Microplaces: From Medieval into the Present’, Professor Catherine Clarke, Zoom, 16th March 2022, 5:30pm (GMT)”
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Online Lecture: Materiality and Anachronism in the Medieval Church, Dr Karl Kinsella, Zoom, 4th April 2022, 18:00-19:30 BST
The past looks very much like the present to medieval audiences, filled with recognisable buildings, objects and the things of everyday life. This chronological mash-up has little to do with medieval ignorance of the past; instead, it expresses a flexible approach to authenticity and the very real material links between past and present within objects.Continue reading “Online Lecture: Materiality and Anachronism in the Medieval Church, Dr Karl Kinsella, Zoom, 4th April 2022, 18:00-19:30 BST”
Online Lecture: Giovanni de Fondulis – A Forgotten Protagonist of North Italian Renaissance Sculpture, Courtauld Institute via Zoom, 28th February 5:00-6:30 GMT
Speaker: Marco Scansani – Research Fellow, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa When we think of terracotta sculpture from northern Italy, the first works that come to mind are the impressive Paduan Lamentation groups, especially the masterpieces of Guido Mazzoni and Niccolò dell’Arca. The name of Giovanni de Fondulis is certainly not among the most well-known, neither among specialists, norContinue reading “Online Lecture: Giovanni de Fondulis – A Forgotten Protagonist of North Italian Renaissance Sculpture, Courtauld Institute via Zoom, 28th February 5:00-6:30 GMT”
Online Lecture: Elizabeth and Mary – Curators Talk, British Library via Zoom, 16th February 2022, 19:30-20:30 GMT
This is an online event hosted on Zoom. Bookers are sent a link in advance giving access. Take a look behind the scenes with the British Library curators of Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens, as they talk about the process of putting together this extraordinary exhibition. Join Andrea Clarke and Karen Limper-Herz to findContinue reading “Online Lecture: Elizabeth and Mary – Curators Talk, British Library via Zoom, 16th February 2022, 19:30-20:30 GMT”
Online Lecture: ‘Seeing in the Dark’, UCL via Zoom, 10th February 2022, 18:00-19:30 GMT
In this exploratory paper I consider the long history of seeing in the dark, from cave painting to Zoom lectures. Focusing especially on what was once known as the ‘Dark Ages’, I seek to counter whiggish histories of enlightenment, and explore how art and architecture are and were commonly produced and experienced in darkness orContinue reading “Online Lecture: ‘Seeing in the Dark’, UCL via Zoom, 10th February 2022, 18:00-19:30 GMT”
Online lecture: ‘Saint-Lazare d’Autun, collégiale ducale et église de pèlerinage’, Éliane Vergnolle, 14 February 2022, 5pm (GMT) / 6pm (CET)
La célébrité du grand tympan du Jugement dernier et des magnifiques chapiteaux sculptés de Saint-Lazare d’Autun a quelque peu laissé dans l’ombre le monument lui- même. Il s’agit pourtant d’un fleuron de l’architecture romane en Bourgogne. Érigée dans l’enceinte de son château par le duc Hugues II, la collégiale consacrée en 1130 avait une doubleContinue reading “Online lecture: ‘Saint-Lazare d’Autun, collégiale ducale et église de pèlerinage’, Éliane Vergnolle, 14 February 2022, 5pm (GMT) / 6pm (CET)”
Online Lecture: East of Byzantium Lecture – Syriac Villages in the Tur Abdin: A Microhistory of the Medieval Middle East, 15th February 2022 12:00-13:30pm (EST)
While scholarly work on the churches of the Tur Abdin dates back to the work of Gertrude Bell, and subsequently continued off and on through the twentieth century, the focus of most research has consistently been the churches in the region. However, churches are the heart of communities, whether villages or monasteries, and need toContinue reading “Online Lecture: East of Byzantium Lecture – Syriac Villages in the Tur Abdin: A Microhistory of the Medieval Middle East, 15th February 2022 12:00-13:30pm (EST)”
Online Lecture: Art and Internal Anatomy – Michelangelo, Bronzino, and Mannerist Bodies, 8th February 2022, 5:00-6:30pm (CET)
Christian Kleinbub – Ohio State UniversityBuilding on the speaker’s research on Michelangelo’s investment in internal anatomical matters, this talk proposes that other artists of his time, especially Bronzino, paid particular attention to the meaning of the internal organs like the liver, heart, and brain, referencing those organs to explain the internal states of represented bodies. Although suchContinue reading “Online Lecture: Art and Internal Anatomy – Michelangelo, Bronzino, and Mannerist Bodies, 8th February 2022, 5:00-6:30pm (CET)”
Online Lecture: Murray Seminar – Eroticism, Emulation and Censorship: the Two Lovers by Giulio Romano, Barbara Furlotti, 10th February 2022 5pm (GMT)
Giulio Romano (1492/1499-1546), Raphael’s favourite pupil, played a key role in the awakening of a new approach to eroticism in Renaissance art. Engaging with openly pornographic subjects and more traditional mythological themes, such as the loves of the gods, Giulio became one of the most imaginative and provocative Renaissance painters of erotically charged scenes. ThisContinue reading “Online Lecture: Murray Seminar – Eroticism, Emulation and Censorship: the Two Lovers by Giulio Romano, Barbara Furlotti, 10th February 2022 5pm (GMT)”
Online Lecture: Locating Norman Sicily in Medieval Intellectual History, Philippa Byrne, IHR Europe 1100-1550 Seminar, 3rd February 2022 5:30pm (GMT)
The IHR Europe 1150-1550 seminar returns this Thursday 3rd February 5.30 pm. Dr Philippa Byrne will speak on ‘Locating Norman Sicily in Medieval Intellectual History’. This seminar will take place in hybrid form. Those meeting in person should assemble at UCL Cruciform LT2. It will also be possible to join the meeting online Please register online here. (The online formContinue reading “Online Lecture: Locating Norman Sicily in Medieval Intellectual History, Philippa Byrne, IHR Europe 1100-1550 Seminar, 3rd February 2022 5:30pm (GMT)”
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