Monday 12th December Paul Davies will speak on ‘Saving the soul of Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici: function and design in the Old Sacristy’ Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici (c.1360-1429), founder of the Medici bank, was buried in the sacristy of S. Lorenzo in Florence. This sacristy was certainly a lavish structure, and one designed andContinue reading “Lecture: Saving the soul of Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici: function and design in the Old Sacristy, Paul Davies, Murray Seminars at Birkbeck, 12 December 2016”
Category Archives: Seminars & Lectures
Lecture: Authority, Nature and the Image, Pippa Salonius, Murray Seminars at Birkbeck, 24 November 2016
Thursday 24th November, 5pm Pippa Salonius will speak on ‘Authority, Nature and the Image’ Medieval culture has been described as a ‘culture of authority’. Kings, princes, and city-states all sought to establish themselves as central figures of authority. The pope, as the earthly representative of divine authority and justice, strived to remain their point ofContinue reading “Lecture: Authority, Nature and the Image, Pippa Salonius, Murray Seminars at Birkbeck, 24 November 2016”
Lecture: ‘Guthlac on a Roll’: British Library, MS Harley Y.6 (20th October 2016)
You are warmly invited to attend the inaugural lecture for the Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll workshops in collaboration between UCL and Yale. More information about the series can be found here: https://digitalrollsandfragments.com/ The lecture will be by Jane Roberts of the School of Advanced Studies and Institute of English Studies, entitled “‘Guthlac onContinue reading “Lecture: ‘Guthlac on a Roll’: British Library, MS Harley Y.6 (20th October 2016)”
Seminar: Medieval Textiles: Meaning and Materiality, 25th November 2016
Birkbeck Medieval Seminar: Medieval Textiles: Meaning and Materiality On the occasion of the V&A Museum’s unprecedented exhibition of opus anglicanum, this one-day interdisciplinary conference brings together leading and emerging scholars working on questions of meaning and materiality in medieval textiles, both real and imaginary. The conference is organised by Birkbeck Medieval Seminar and the History of Art Department withContinue reading “Seminar: Medieval Textiles: Meaning and Materiality, 25th November 2016”
Seminar: Flemish Manuscript Illumination and Antwerp Mannerism, 12 October 2016
Joint Renaissance Medieval Work in Progress Seminar: Flemish Manuscript Illumination and Antwerp Mannerism The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London Wednesday 12 October 2016 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Research Forum seminar room, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 0RN Speaker Dr Elizabeth Morrison: Senior Curator of Manuscripts J.Continue reading “Seminar: Flemish Manuscript Illumination and Antwerp Mannerism, 12 October 2016”
Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar Series: ‘Craft, Process, Techne’, 2016-2017
The University of Cambridge Senior Seminar in Medieval Art meets every other week during full term, attracting an impressive range of speakers from home and abroad. The Department of the History of Art is pleased to announce the programme for the annual Medieval Art Seminar Series 2016-17. The seminars will explore ideas of craft andContinue reading “Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar Series: ‘Craft, Process, Techne’, 2016-2017”
Lecture: ‘Light and colour; dark and shadow’, with Professor Liz James, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 11 October 2016, 17:30 pm
Light and colour, darkness and shadow, are all fundamental aspects of works of art in a practical way (can we see the work?), a formal fashion (what colours are used?) and conceptually (why these colours? Why this light or this lighting?).
Seminar: The Digital Pilgrim Project 19th October 2016
Please join us at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art on the evening of the 19th October. The seminar will discuss the Digital Pilgrim Project and the art historical/museological potential of digital technologies. http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/digital-pilgrim-project The Digital Pilgrim Project is digitising the British Museum’s collection of medieval badges and 3D imaging a selection. TheContinue reading “Seminar: The Digital Pilgrim Project 19th October 2016”
Programme: IHR European history 1150-1550 Seminar, 2016–2017
Programme: IHR European history 1150-1550 Seminar, 2016–2017 Fortnightly Thursdays 17:30, IHR Wolfson II unless noted; free, all welcome Winter Term 29th September ** Senate House South Block Room 349 (3rd Floor)** Chris Wickham (Oxford): Jiangnan style: Doing global economic history in the medieval period 13th October Giorgio Lizzul (KCL): The republic, commerce, and public debtContinue reading “Programme: IHR European history 1150-1550 Seminar, 2016–2017”
Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association, 2016-2017
BAA Lectures, 2016-2017 Programme : Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE, 4.30 p.m. (tea)/5.00 p.m (lecture) 5 OCTOBER 2016* – ‘Miraculous Ground Plans and the Liturgy of Building Sites in Late Medieval Italy’ by Dr Lucy Donkin, University of Bristol (The lecture will be preceded by the Association’s Annual GeneralContinue reading “Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association, 2016-2017”
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