colour – Medieval Art Research

Lecture: ‘The Power of Blue: Didactic models in text and image in Christine de Pizan’s Epistre Othea’, Dr Charlotte Cooper-Davis, University of York, Wednesday 6 December 2023, 6-7pm (GMT)

Discover the empowering blue-hued imagery of female figures in Christine de Pizan’s ‘Epistre Othea’, in this lecture with Dr Charlotte Cooper-Davis.

New Publication: ‘Colors in Medieval Art: Theories, Matter, and Light from Suger to Grosseteste (1100–1250)’, by Alberto Virdis

This book argues that color is and was a central “cultural object” within art history, a fact first elucidated through an examination of the debates and difficulties of color in language, theology, science, and philosophy.

New Publication: Bloomsbury’s ‘A Cultural History of Color’

A Cultural History of Color in the Medieval Age cover

Bloomsbury have just published their new ‘A Cultural History of Color’ across 6 volumes.

Conference: Colour (London, 26 June 2014)

Conference: Colour Warburg Institute, London, 26 June 2014 Registration deadline: 22 June 2014 This colloquium is being organised by the Warburg Institute and the National Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition on “Making Colour” at the National Gallery and will include an early morning viewing of the exhibition from 9.00 to 10.00 a.m. The conference is organised byContinue reading “Conference: Colour (London, 26 June 2014)”