Art History Reframed: Autumn Lecture Series

Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.

Tue 15 Oct 2024 (note: this event has already taken place)
11am
€25



Art Historian Dr Matthew Whyte offers a new lecture series, which takes the audience on an art-filled journey through the often beautiful, sometimes scandalous, and always fascinating moments in the development of Western civilisation. This first Autumn Series begins in the Golden Age of Classical Greece, tracing our past forward through the triumphalism of Imperial Rome, the tumultuous ‘Dark Ages’, and finishing with the splendours of the Italian Renaissance. 

The lectures can be attended as a series, but are also designed as standalone talks, which can be attended individually. 

Dr Whyte has lectured in Art History in University College Cork since 2014, where he completed his PhD in the art and culture of Renaissance Italy. 

Tues 17 Sept 
The Ideal Body in Ancient Greece & Rome 
We begin with Greece, exploring how the writings of Homer, Plato, and Aristotle produced a fascination with the concept of the ideal human. Though remote in time, the Ancient Greeks shared with contemporary culture the preoccupation with what it means to be beautiful. Moving on to Ancient Rome, we explore

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Venue Info


Triskel Arts Centre

Tobin Street, Cork (off South Main Street)
+353 (021) 4272022

www.triskelartscentre.ie

    



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