Evening Lectures
Byzantium Rediscovered
28 Nov 2008 Sold Out
Professor J. B. Bullen explores how and why Byzantine art and architecture enjoyed a resurgence of interest towards the end of the nineteenth century spreading from Continental Europe into England.
A Sinai Illuminated Manuscript of the Heavenly Ladder
Spiritual Ascents through Art
13 Feb 2009 Sold Out
Father Justin, Librarian of the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, discusses the illuminated manuscript of The Ladder of Divine Ascent.
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Architecture and Music in Palladio’s churches
27 Feb 2009
Deborah Howard, Cambridge University, discusses the degree to which Palladio and other Venetian architects understood the subtleties of acoustics.
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Icons and Iconoclasm
Religious Imagery in Christianity, Judaism and Islam
17 Mar 2009 Sold Out
This panel discussion explores iconoclasm and why, when and how it happens.
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Joan Miró, The Birth of Day 1 (Naissance du jour 1), 1964. Oil on canvas, 146 x 113.5 cm. Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul. Photo © Galerie Maeght.
© Succession Miró/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2008.
The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art