History of Art

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Careers Seminar 2014 - Collections Management in a Historic House Feb 27, 2014

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A careers event organised by Lucy Hawkins (Careers Service) and Rachel Woodruff, (History of Art Dept) with speakers from the Arts and Heritage sectors, including recent alumni of the Department, providing insights into their careers. Collections Management in a Historic House: Emily Roy, Assistant Registrar and Joint Collections Manager, Waddesdon Manor, National Trust

Careers Seminar 2013 Mar 14, 2013

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A careers event organised by Lucy Hawkins (Careers Service) and Rachel Woodruff, (History of Art Dept) with speakers from the Arts and Heritage sectors, including recent alumni of the Department, providing insights into their careers. Welcome and overview: what do History of Art graduates do? Lucy Hawkins, Careers Adviser University of Oxford Careers Service Education in museums and galleries Ruth Millington, Education Officer Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art Production and development of exhibition content and publications at the Victoria and Albert Museum Holly Harris, Freelance Art and Design Research and Writer V and A Becoming a Specialist at Christie's Katharine Arnold, Associate Specialist, Post-War and Contemporary Art Christie's and Toby Monk, Recruitment Manager Regional Visual Arts Development Lucy Phillips, Arts Coordinator OVADA Questions for all speakers

Research Seminar: Francis Vernon, the Early Royal Society and the First English Encounter with Greek Architecture Feb 20, 2013

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This lecture was delivered at the University Of Oxford History Of Art Department's Research Seminar series by Dr Matthew Walker, History of Art Department, University of Oxford. The paper explores the architectural and antiquarian writings of Francis Vernon, a member of the Royal Society of London and a traveller in Greece and the Ottoman Empire in the 1670s. Vernon wrote the first account of the Athenian Acropolis in the English language and was amongst the very first English people to see the ruins of ancient Greece firsthand. The paper also brings to light the survival of Vernon's travel journal, a remarkable document that contains some of the very first Western descriptions and illustrations of temples such as the Parthenon and the Erechtheion.

Not Vital: Art is Global Dec 13, 2011

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International artist, Not Vital, gives a talk about his art and his work.

Core Course: Modernism and Mass Culture Mar 11, 2011

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This lecture forms part of series entitled Introduction to the History of Art, a core course taught to the first year undergraduate History of Art students.

Core Course: Women as Patrons of the Arts in Early Modern Europe Mar 11, 2011

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This lecture forms part of series entitled 'Introduction to the History of Art', a core course taught to the first year undergraduate History of Art students.

Core Course: Painting as visual and material culture in Ming China Mar 11, 2011

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This lecture is one of a series of eight relating to an optional third year undergraduate course, 'Painting and Culture in Ming China' which can be taken by History of Art and History students.

Research Seminar: Michelangelo: A Life on Paper Nov 26, 2010

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In this lecture recorded as a part of the University of Oxford History of Art Department's Research Seminar series, Professor Leonard Barkan (Princeton University) discusses the theme "Michelangelo: A Life on Paper". Recording date - 4th November 2010.

Putting China in its Place in the History of Art Dec 02, 2008

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The inaugural lecture by Professor Craig Clunas.