The myth, famously invoked in Goldfinger, of the human body suffocated by being coated in gold exemplifies the fascination and danger attached to the idea of an ‘excess’ of gold, especially in respect to human skin. In this lecture the slippery boundaries of when, where and for whom gold surfaces might be deemed excessive will be explored in relation to European art, especially Italian, of the 14th to early 16th centuries.
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Lecture: ‘English Romanesque Sculpture in its Architectural Context’ by Professor Malcolm Thurlby, Annual Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland lecture, Courtauld Institute of Art, 24 April 2018, 17:30pm
This year’s CRSBI annual public lecture, delivered by Professor Malcolm Thurlby of York University, Toronto, Canada, will consider English Romanesque sculpture in the context of its architectural matrix, focusing on specific carved elements such as portals, tympana, capitals, and figural reliefs.
Lecture: Very much like the residence of the Muslim kings?, Tom Nickson, SOAS, 11 October 2017, 7pm
Dr Tom Nickson Wednesday, 11 October 2017 7.00 p.m., Khalili Lecture Theatre, Main Building, SOAS Chaired by Professor Hugh Kennedy Enquiries: rosalindhaddon@gmail.com
History of Liturgy Seminars @ Institute of Historical Research, London: 2017-2018 Programme
History of Liturgy Seminars 2017-2018 Mondays 17.15-19.15 John S Cohen Room N203, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU 2 October 2017 Teresa Webber (University of Cambridge): The Chapter Office and Reading in Chapter: monastic practice c. 1000-1300 13 November 2017 Henry Parkes (Yale University): Matins Responsories and Narratives of DivineContinue reading “History of Liturgy Seminars @ Institute of Historical Research, London: 2017-2018 Programme”
CRSBI lecture at Cardiff Archaeological Society, 19 October 2017 | CRSBI Training Session, Llandlaff Cathedral, 20 October 2017
Lecture: The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland: Achievements and Aspirations, Dr Ron Baxter FSA and Dr David Robinson FSA, Main Building, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, Thursday 19 October 2017, 7.15pm This lecture will review CRSBI’s achievements to date, and outline aspirations for Wales, looking at Romanesque sculpture from across the country. TrainingContinue reading “CRSBI lecture at Cardiff Archaeological Society, 19 October 2017 | CRSBI Training Session, Llandlaff Cathedral, 20 October 2017”
Lecture: The Library of Saint Thomas Becket, Christopher de Hamel, The Society of Antiquaries, 2017
Archbishop Thomas Becket, martyred in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, was among the earliest private book collectors in English history. The richly-illustrated lecture looks at the manuscripts he owned and what happened to them, and it concludes with the unexpected and recent discovery of Becket’s Psalter, which was kept on his shrine in the Cathedral throughout the Middle Ages.
Lecture Series: Vortraege IEK Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Apr-Jul 17)
Universität Heidelberg – Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte, 27.04. – 13.07.2017 Das Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte lädt alle Interessierten zu den Gastvorträgen im Sommersemester 2017 ein. Die Vorträge finden im Graimberg-Raum (001) um 18 Uhr c.t. statt; Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte, Seminarstraße 4, D – 69117 Heidelberg. ————————————————————————————————————- 27.04.2017 Prof. Dr. Thomas Hensel (Hochschule für Design, Pforzheim) Das Bild der Bilder. DieContinue reading “Lecture Series: Vortraege IEK Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Apr-Jul 17)”
2017 John Coffin Memorial Annual Palaeography Lecture
Date 24 May 2017, 18:00 to 24 May 2017, 20:00 Type Lecture Venue The Chancellor’s Hall, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Description Professor Judith Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, FBA, École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Crossing palaeographical borders: bi-alphabetical Hebrew scribes and manuscripts in Egypt, Spain and Northern France (11th to 15th centuries) MedievalContinue reading “2017 John Coffin Memorial Annual Palaeography Lecture”
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?).
Lecture: ‘Warfare, Christianity and the ‘Peace of God’: Non-Combatant Immunity in Medieval Reality and Theory’ with Professor John Gillingham, University of Southampton, 7 June 2016, 6pm
The Reuter Lecture this year will be given by Professor John Gillingham, FBA, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the London School of Economics.
Medieval Art Research 