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Byzantium Rediscovered

28 Nov 2008
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Professor J. B. Bullen, University of Reading, 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. He focuses on a number of buildings, including London’s Westminster Cathedral.

Supported by The Hellenic Foundation.

Large Weston Room, RA (please note change of room); 6.30-7.30pm

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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