Medieval Art for Modern Artists

Start date: 26 April 2025
Day: Saturday
Course length: 1 Day Course
Time: 10:00 to 16:00

Course code: SA52

Full fee: £67.00 | Over 65s: £60.30 | Benefit: £53.60

Tutor: Dr Maeve Marta O Donnell


Courses description

Medieval European artists were faced with the difficult task of translating many complex ideas into visual forms that could be understood by the common viewer. What the study of medieval art clearly shows us is that the medieval artist relished and stepped up to that challenge. Medieval art is full of remarkable creative solutions from dynamic and bright abstraction to carefully planned combinations of media and the installations of such works into sites of ceremony and pageantry.

 

This workshop will provide an overview of medieval art aimed at contemporary art practitioners, covering the gamut of media used in the medieval period and helping students to 'read' the meaning behind medieval materials, forms and symbols. We will also discuss the role and position of artists in medieval society and the influence of non-European cultures on the medieval artist. Students are also welcome to share some of their current projects so that specific medieval works may be shown that speak to those projects in particular.

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