Featured Image Attribute The Entry of Alexander into Babylon, about 1665–probably by 1676, made at the Royal Factory of Furniture to the Crown at the Gobelins Manufactory. Design by Charles Le Brun; cartoon for the vertical-warp loom by Henri Testelin; weaving by Jean Jans the Elder, Jean Jans the Younger, or Jean Lefebvre. Wool, silk, […]

Featured Image Attribute The Incredulity of Saint Thomas-Caravaggio (1601-2) Description of Lecture Caravaggio – one of the best known names today. A man of proverbial rebelliousness, painting in a style which he knew would drop a bomb on the art world he grew up in. He painted with startling immediacy, rejecting his peers’ obsession with […]

Featured Image Attribute Thomas W Roberts, Australian Painter 1856-1931 Description of Lecture Artistic responses to life in the strange new continent were initially seen through European, and especially British, artistic traditions. In the 19th century, Australian Impressionism & the Heidelberg School challenged the dominance of the ‘Victorian’ style, with Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and others […]

Featured Image Attribute Adoration of the Magi, tondo by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi, c. 1450 (NGA, Washington) Description of Lecture It was during the Middle Ages that many of the familiar images associated with the Christmas story were devised and popularized: including the stable in Bethlehem inhabited by the ox and ass. What were […]

Featured Image Attribute Description of Lecture The long British tradition of political satire is coming to the fore again as a General Election approaches - January 2025 at the latest. At the root of that tradition is William Hogarth’s Election Entertainment series of prints from the 1750s. His ruthless exposure of electoral corruption and hypocrisy […]

Featured Image Attribute "Arktisk vårdag. Studie från Nordlandet" is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. Description of Lecture There is something special about Nordic nature. Its vastness, wilderness, and remoteness are some of the reasons it is so fascinating. Let’s not forget the exceptional light conditions, such as the midnight sun and auroras. Surely, nature […]

Featured Image Attribute "KV17, the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I of the of the burial chamber, Nineteenth Dynasty, astronomical vaulted ceiling Valley of the Kings, Egypt" by Following Hadrian is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.   Description of Lecture The ancient Egyptians had extremely elaborate burial practices and funerary beliefs. In this lecture Lucia sheds […]

Featured Image Attribute "THE MENIN ROAD BY PAUL NASH" by summonedbyfells is licensed under CC BY 2.0.   Description of Lecture Paul Nash was one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century, and one who united the pastoral and mystical tradition embodied by English artists such as William Blake and Samuel Palmer, […]

Featured Image Attribute "sepoy service East India Company" is marked with CC0 1.0.   Description of Lecture This lecture will focus on the history of the East-West trade and the artistic interaction and exchange that took place between European and Indian artists during the age of the East India Company. From its foundation in 1600 […]