Renaissance Utterances

Time Passing This piece is a rather odd collection of thoughts. As a jigsaw of unintended connections, it works as a semi coherent whole...

Finally we reach specific sculptors and a review of three in chronological order. Given that we end with Rilke writing a poem in response...

Reconstruction of Zeus These notes continue on from the lecture on idols . The boundaries between gods and idols are rather blurred; bot...

Boucher, 'Pygmalion and Galatea' Last night I could have hugged the lecturer; anyone discussing my all time favourite book of st...

Cava del Braschi, Monte Ceceri This lecture opened in entertaining style with an immediate reference to the previous one . Dr Dent had p...

Mama mia! In the absence of any MA lectures this term most people are probably catching up with their friends, revisiting some nice art ...