‘Renaissance Faces’ study morning
Study morning at the National Gallery to compliment the “Renaissance Faces” exhibition .
This was a series of four lectures looking different themes of the show.
Susan Foister, a principal curator of the exhibition, talked about how the Northern artists fitted into the themes of the rooms.
Minna Moore Ede, assistant curator of Renaissance painting at the National Gallery, looked at sculpture by comparing the bust of St Constance in the first room and the marble plaque “Young couple” by Tullio Lombardo.
Jenny Graham from the University of Plymouth looked at the role of artifice in portraits, why it is there and what it represents.
Finally Carline Brooke from Birkbeck College again talked about the role of drawing. I thought this would be a repeat of the previous Wednesday’s lecture but although it covered similar themes it did so by comparing and contrasting the Bellini portrait of a man and Durer’s portrait of Conrad Merckell.
This was a series of four lectures looking different themes of the show.
Susan Foister, a principal curator of the exhibition, talked about how the Northern artists fitted into the themes of the rooms.
Minna Moore Ede, assistant curator of Renaissance painting at the National Gallery, looked at sculpture by comparing the bust of St Constance in the first room and the marble plaque “Young couple” by Tullio Lombardo.
Jenny Graham from the University of Plymouth looked at the role of artifice in portraits, why it is there and what it represents.
Finally Carline Brooke from Birkbeck College again talked about the role of drawing. I thought this would be a repeat of the previous Wednesday’s lecture but although it covered similar themes it did so by comparing and contrasting the Bellini portrait of a man and Durer’s portrait of Conrad Merckell.
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