Westminster Abbey with a procession of Knights of the Bath, by Canaletto, 1749
Westminster Abbey, an architectural masterpiece dating from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, is central to the fabric of British history – the site of coronations since 1066 and of royal funerals and the setting for the shrine of Edward the Confessor, tombs of King and Queens and countless memorials to the Nation’s heroes.
This series of lectures will trace the architectural development of the Abbey and provide an insight into the collection of treasures at Westminster Abbey and the newly-opened Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.
Details
Course Organiser
Sarah Bowles
Tuesday 13 November
10.30am
An Introduction to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey
Dr Susan Jenkins, Curator, Westminster Abbey
12.00noon
Westminster Abbey 1, 2 and 3: From Robert of Jumièges to Richard II
Dr Catherine Oakes, Director of Studies for History of Art, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
1.15pm
Lunch
2.30pm
Painted Panels and walls at Westminster Abbey
Dr Sally Dormer, V&A Year Course Director, Victoria & Albert Museum
Tuesday 20 November
10.30am
The Shrine of Edward the Confessor
Dr Catherine Oakes, Director of Studies for History of Art, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
12.00noon
Five Trend-Setting Monuments: From the Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
Phillip Lindley, Excellence 100 Professor of Art History, University of Loughborough
1.00pm
Lunch
2.30pm
Visit with Catherine Oakes to the Chapter House, Westminster Abbey: Ut rosa flos florum sic est domus ista domorum – The Rose of English Monastic Chapter Houses
Tuesday 27 November
110.00am
Coffee
10.30am -12.30pm
Visit to Westminster Abbey with Ian Godfrey and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries
Meeting Place: Westminster Abbey
Course Organiser
Sarah Bowles
Lecture Venue
The Medical Society of London, Lettsom House, 11 Chandos Street, London W1