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Online, Public Programmes, Short Courses, Showcasing Art History

Art, Experience, and the Psychology of Perception: Milestones of Curating European Modernism

On campus: Tuesday 29 April – Tuesday 27 May 2025; Online: Wednesday 7 May – Wednesday 4 June 2025 | £95

Focusing on the display of European modernism in exhibitions dating from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries, this pioneering series of lectures will explore the link between curating and the psychology of perception. ...

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painting of a landscape with moonlight

 Landscape by Moonlight

Peter Paul Rubens

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A chair with an embroidered floral seat back and a black seat cushion

Chair with Floral Seat Back

Attributed to Roger Fry (1866–1934) for the Omega Workshops Ltd, embroidered by Winifred Gill (1891–1981) or Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), 1913

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This richly decorated object, called a pax (peace in Latin), was kissed by worshippers at the end of church Mass – a practice called the kiss of peace.

Enamel plaque set in a gilt bronze Pax

Pseudo-Monvaerni Master (active around 1479-1500), 1470-1500

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Two loose sketches, one two thirds of the page, the other in the bottom right corner. In both, a half-figure of Mary Magdalene lifts the lid of a jar of oil.

Studies for Saint Mary Magdalene

Leonardo da Vinci

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A touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul Rubens

The Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder

Peter Paul Rubens

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A drawing of a richly dressed woman holding a prayer, also wearing a pompom-topped cap with a veil.

Helena Fourment

Peter Paul Rubens

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A drawing of a seated woman by Henri Matisse. Her frank, challenging expression combine with her soft contours and the sinuous lines of her revealing clothes

Seated Woman

Henri Matisse

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Bucket of engraved brass with silver inlay, the decoration continuing over the base, 1475-1550

Bucket

Attributed to Zayn al-Din, Northwestern Iran, Turkey, Egypt or Syria, Around 1475-50

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This three-panel work, known as ‘The Seilern Triptych’, is one of the finest examples of Northern Renaissance painting. The central panel depicts Christ’s burial, shortly after his body is taken down from the cross (seen in the left wing, where the two thieves executed with him remain).

The Entombment

Attributed to Robert Campin

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A drawing of a nude woman, seemingly kneeling on a chair, although the chair is not visible. The background is completely dark with the figure contrasting in light colours. Both legs and arms fade into the edges of the paper, and there are no harsh lines.

Female Nude

Georges Seurat

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Giovanni Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768), View from Somerset Gardens looking towards London Bridge, 1746 - 1755 (circa)

View from Somerset Gardens looking towards London Bridge

Giovanni Antonio Canaletto

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