Art History Tasters

LECTURE THEATRE

Portraiture and Identity

Dr. Ed Krčma will give students an introduction to the history of the genre of portraiture. We will explore some of the associated issues, such as: the question of likeness; power dynamics; and the politics of identity.

GALLERY

New Images of Man: Francis Bacon and Post-War Art

A seminar led by Dr. Ed Krcma in which students will be introduced to philosophical ideas about Existentialism, and invited to reflect on and share thoughts about freedom, anxiety and the value of art.

LECTURE THEATRE

The Sainsbury Centre: Space Bodies Light

In this lecture Dr. Jack Hartnell presents the Sainsbury Centre building itself as an artwork that we can critique, and invites us to consider architecture in relation to the human body.

GALLERY

What is a ‘World Art’ Collection?

Together with Dr. Dan Rycroft we will consider what defines ‘world art’, and then aim to use these definitions in an exploration of the Sainsbury Centre.

LECTURE THEATRE

Art, Exhibitions and Ecological Crisis

A sample lecture with Dr. Sarah Wade in which students will be introduced to the ways artists and exhibitions have responded to the climate crisis in recent years.