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Byzantium The Byzantine empire flourished for over a millennium as the successor to the Roman empire in the eastern Mediterranean, establishing Orthodox Christianity and re-establishing the Greek language at the centre of the civilised world. The empire fell in 1453 when Constantinople was captured by the Turks and, as Istanbul, became the capital of the Ottoman Empire. This course will look at the character of the empire in its early, middle and late periods, the City of Constantinople and the building of Sta. Sophia, the Iconoclastic Controversy, the effects of the Crusades, and at its superb works of art, including wall paintings, illuminated manuscripts, icons, mosaics and ivories. |
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| Tuesday 3 February 2004 | ||||
| 10.30am | ||||
| ‘Sailing
to Byzantium’: An Introduction Judith Herrin, Professor of late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Kings College London |
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| 12pm | ||||
| From Constantine
to Justinian Dr. Jonathan Bardill, Research Fellow in Archaeology at University of Newcastle |
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| Politics
and Symbolism: Byzantine Mosaics in Ravenna Rowena Loverance, Education Department, British Museum |
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| Tuesday 10 February 2004 | ||||
| 10.30am | ||||
| Why Iconoclasm?
Professor Robin Cormack, Courtauld Institute of Art |
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| 12pm | ||||
| The Byzantine
Monastery Lyn Rodley, Helen Waddell Visiting Professor at Queen’s University, Belfast |
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| Byzantine
Church Decoration, Dr. Cecily Hennessy, Courtauld Institute of Art |
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| Tuesday 17 February 2004 | ||||
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| Manuscripts Lyn Rodley, Helen Waddell Visiting Professor at Queen’s University, Belfast |
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| Byzantine
Enamel David Buckton |
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| The Art of
the Crusades and the Christian East Professor Lucy-Anne Hunt, Head of the School of History of Art & Design, Manchester Metropolitan University |
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| Tuesday 24 February 2004 | ||||
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| Icons and
the Triumph of Orthodoxy Professor Robin Cormack, Courtauld Institute of Art |
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| Byzantine
Venice Dr. Cecily Hennessy, Courtauld Institute of Art |
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| Visit to
the British Museum with Christopher Entwistle, Curator of Late Roman
and Byzantine Collections This will be a handling session looking at a range of material, including metalwork, ivory, pottery, glass and gemstones |
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The cost of the full course is £215. The cost of the morning
lectures only (lunch not included) is £120. The lectures will
take place at The Medical Society of London, To apply, please contact us. |
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