This course looks at the history of portraiture, from the early Renaissance up to late 20th century, with a selection of 100 portraits covering all manner of styles, periods and movements. As well as taking a close look at the hundred chosen, we will also discuss other work of the same...
This course looks at the history of portraiture, from the early Renaissance up to late 20th century, with a selection of 100 portraits covering all manner of styles, periods and movements. As well as taking a close look at the hundred chosen, we will also discuss other work of the same period, and the context in which the work was made. Among...
FLORENCE FARR: ‘THE NEW WOMAN’ Actor, writer and director Florence Farr was a renaissance woman of the 1890s. An intimate of George Bernard Shaw, who called her ‘The New Woman’, and WB Yeats, she was a feminist who led by example. She also was a priestess of The Golden Dawn, a...
FLORENCE FARR: ‘THE NEW WOMAN’ Actor, writer and director Florence Farr was a renaissance woman of the 1890s. An intimate of George Bernard Shaw, who called her ‘The New Woman’, and WB Yeats, she was a feminist who led by example. She also was a priestess of The Golden Dawn, a secret society whose members included Yeats, Shaw and theatre impresario...
What happens when we die? Is it the end of existence or the beginning of a new form of existence? Evidence suggest that 70,000 years ago Neanderthals asked that question, and carefully buried their dead and left grave goods as an offering. Some cultures like Egypt envisaged a blessed life...
What happens when we die? Is it the end of existence or the beginning of a new form of existence? Evidence suggest that 70,000 years ago Neanderthals asked that question, and carefully buried their dead and left grave goods as an offering. Some cultures like Egypt envisaged a blessed life in the Field of Roads, but the Mesopotamian, Hebrew and...
Ancient Egyptian records mention a place called Ugarit on the Syrian coast. It was a strategic city that flourished during the period of prosperous trade in the Late Bronze Age 1400-1200BCE before falling victim to the incursions of the Sea Peoples after 1200BCE. In 1928 a peasant farmer found the...
Ancient Egyptian records mention a place called Ugarit on the Syrian coast. It was a strategic city that flourished during the period of prosperous trade in the Late Bronze Age 1400-1200BCE before falling victim to the incursions of the Sea Peoples after 1200BCE. In 1928 a peasant farmer found the remains of this city and archaeologists have uncovered the lost...
Cultures around the world have always had myths about the Creation of the universe. So, inevitably, they also speculated about how the cosmos might come to an end. There were stories of catastrophic floods, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. In the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions there were accounts of the...
Cultures around the world have always had myths about the Creation of the universe. So, inevitably, they also speculated about how the cosmos might come to an end. There were stories of catastrophic floods, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. In the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions there were accounts of the Day of Judgement and the battle of Armageddon. The Vikings...
