PICTURES ON THE EDGE. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GROTESQUE
29th January 2021.
https://www.arthistoricallondon.com/event-details/paintings-on-the-edge-an-introduction-to-the-grotesque
I am giving an online lecture to Art Historical London. Grotesques are bizarre, playful, highly imaginative, make-believe decorative images. They take their name from the Roman wall decorations discovered in 1480 (they were found underground as so thought to have been painted on the walls of grottoes). They quickly became a hugely fashionable form of decoration and once they were adopted at the Vatican by Raphael and his workshop, they spread throughout Italy and north into France, the Netherlands and Germany. As a decorative, ornamental art, it is charming and witty. But the grotesque is more than mere decoration: it also suggests the dark, the menacing, the monstrous and the frightening. In the Renaissance, the grotesque was described as representing “the dreams of painters”. Come and look at these dreams and see how they turned into nightmares.
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM. AN INTRODUCTION.
16th October 2020.
https://www.arthistoricallondon.com/event-details/abstract-expressionism-an-introduction
I am giving an online lecture to Art Historical London. I will be giving an introduction to this important and influential 20th century American art movement. We will look at the background to Abstract Expressionism, and then consider the work of some of the major artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Willem de Kooning and Barnett Newman.
Click on the link above or on the image which is Clyfford Still’s Untitled R no.1 1947
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE LANDSCAPE PAINTING
On 14th August at 11.00am, I will be giving an online lecture to Art Historical London. The subject is Italian Renaissance Landscape Painting. Booking details are available by clicking on image above which might or might not be a landscape (all will be revealed): or, by following this link:
https://www.arthistoricallondon.com/event-details/italian-renaissance-landscapes
