This talk explores lace, the art, science and society and examines artist-scientists who made innovations in textile design and scientific documentation.
Project Category: Art History Events
Doodling in the Arts and as an Art
Free from the restraints of academic art and public opinion, 'doodled works' show how scrawling can lead to great creativity, but also great fun and humor!
End Game: The Art of Marcel Duchamp
This talk explores how Duchamp visually integrated chess into his artworks and, more importantly, how he employed the fundamental strategies of chess into his art.
Hendrick Avercamp’s winter wonderlands: Game on!
This talk explores Avercamp's artworks showing crowds of people of different ages, religions and social classes engaged in common activities: skating, sledding, and playing games.
Witches’ Bodies in Art
This talk uses the term ‘witch’ broadly, looking at art of a wide range of witches’ bodies to explore culture’s ideals of beauty.
Magic and Mystery in Peter Doig’s Art
This talk will discuss Peter Doig's, a mesmerising exploration of dreams and magic, where reality and imagination seamlessly intertwine.
Mystery, Miracles and Magic: the work by the artist M.C.Escher
This talk on art of M.C. Escher is an exploration of pattern, space and surrealist viewpoints which create optical illusions where one sees reality change into the abstract in a way that both makes sense and does not at all
The Magic Body: Visualising Medieval Medicine
This talk looks at the body in ancient and medieval medical art, its balances and its magical properties.
How (Not) to Behave: the satires of William Hogarth
This lecture will focus on William Hogarth’s unique approach to satire, examining how his works not only entertained but also educated his audience on societal norms and behaviours.
Hieronymus Bosch: Universal Disorder
In this talk we will examine paintings by Hieronymus Bosch depicting stories of temptation, sin and accountability, which are still relevant today.