How do you tell an entire story, with events taking place at different moments in time, on one single 2D canvas? This is one of the challenges why narrative paintings have been seen as the most prestigious and skilfully done works of art possible, ever since the Renaissance. The cerebral aspect of an artist’s ability to understand their power in the manipulation of time in their paintings is the topic of this talk. We will look at how artists freeze and release, speed up and slow down, focus and distort, making ‘Ars Longa’ while ‘Vita Brevis’! Examples will be taken from Western European Art History, using both the concept of time and time pieces as they take centre stage in paintings from different moments in time.

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• the total duration of the event is 1 hour ( ~ 50mins lecture and 10mins Q&A)
• the talk doesn’t require any prior training and anyone can join
• This event will be recorded: the video will be available in 3-5 days after the talk
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SPEAKER – MARISKA BEEKENKAMP-WLADIMIROFF

Originally schooled as a psychologist in the Netherlands, Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff turned to the arts when starting a family in London. Specialising in the Dutch Golden Age of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Mariska now delivers talks for a number of organisations, including her own company Art Historical London. Art Historical London offers art historical lectures, museum visits, courses, tours, travel and events from Amsterdam, London and New York, and since 2020 online. 

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