Of matter and method: An art lover’s guide to techniques and terminologies
Art history lecture series
Friday 4 November – Friday 2 December
10.15am - 12.15pm
Our latest series of art history lectures takes its inspiration from our current exhibition strand exploring artists’ techniques and processes, which will be showing in Gallery 2 at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery until February 2023. If you have ever wondered what separates slipware from stoneware or how to tell an engraving from an etching, this lecture series is for you. Join us as we explore some of the creative processes’ artists have deployed over millennia and de-mystify the jargon surrounding techniques as diverse as pottery, medieval and modern sculpture, printing and tempera painting.
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Of clay and fire
Friday 4 November
Speaker: Dr. Miriam Gill
Artwork: Eli Johnson - Self Portrait
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Medieval masterpieces
Friday 11 November
Speaker: Dr. Conny Bailey
Artwork: Unknown Artist - The Last Supper from St George in Antwerp
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Lasting impressions
Friday 18 November
Speaker: Dr. Conny Bailey
Artwork: Colin See-Paynton - Swipe of Snipe
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The life and times of tempera
Friday 25 November
Speaker: Dr. Miriam Gill
Artwork: Quirizio di Giovanni da Murano (attr.) - The Virgin and Child
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Lofty ambitions: The making of monumental sculpture
Friday 2 December
Speaker: Dr. Conny Bailey
Artwork: Henry Moore - Drawing for a Sculpture, Madonna and Child and bronze maquette and photographs of Madonna and Child.
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