Oxford Brookes University

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Early years

Oxford school of art founded.

Oxford Brookes University begins life as the Oxford School of Art, occupying one room on the ground floor of the Taylor Institution in the city centre.

School of Science incorporated

The School begins offering a wide range of scientific and technical subjects and evening classes in the University Museum.

The Taylor Institution

School moves into the basement in the Taylor Institution, to make way for what is now the Ruskin School of Art.

New chemistry laboratory

Provided at Wesleyan School.

Oxford City Technical School

Pupils of Oxford City Technical School

St Ebbe's site is opened

Used mainly for evening classes, but also as a day school.

Rapid growth

School's rapid growth leads to the site being declared inadequate by the Department of Science and Art. Expansion of the site is forbidden - but the School remains here for another 50 years!

The John Henry Brookes years

John henry brookes.

John Henry Brookes

Training courses for architects are introduced within the School of Art.

Visiting lecturers include Kenneth Clark, Noel Carrington and Clough Williams-Ellis.

Technical School and School of Art merge

Formation of the Schools of Technology, Art and Commerce. John Henry Brookes is elected the first Principal.

City Technical College?

It is envisaged that the institution can be transformed into a City Technical College. Negotiations begin for suitable site.

A new location

A 25-acre site is secured on Headington Hill.

Planning permission rejected

Despite Ministry of Education setting aside £250,000 for first phase of the new technical college's development, City Council rejects plans. Amidst public outcry, public campaign is launched by Kenneth Wheare, Oxford University's Gladstone Professor of Government.

"...most local authorities make some curious decisions in their time, but we cannot recall one so astonishing as the City Council's flat rejection...of the proposed College. It seems almost impossible that such a thing could happen in Oxford, which should be in the forefront of educational matters..." - Oxford Times leader, 22 September 1950

Move to Headington

Proposals for new technical college are approved by City Council. Name of institution is changed to College of Technology, Art and Commerce.

John Brookes awarded OBE

Lord Nuffield lays the foundation stone. John Henry Brookes refers to the move to Headington as 'setting foot in the Promised Land'.

Oxford College of Technology

John Henry Brookes retires. The institution is renamed yet again, becoming the Oxford College of Technology.

First student residence, Cotuit Hall, opened

Official opening

HRH the Duke of Edinburgh

Polytechnics

Government announces firm proposals for the development of 29 polytechnics, including one in Oxford.

Oxford Polytechnic

Oxford Polytechnic

Control of Polytechnic passes to Oxfordshire County Council

John Henry Brookes dies

Wheatley campus

Oxford Polytechnic acquires a new campus at Wheatley, just outside the city centre, when it amalgamates with Lady Spencer-Churchill teacher training college.

Oxford Polytechnic incorporates the Oxford School of Nursing

It becomes one of first polytechnics to achieve accredited status from the Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA)

Independence

Polytechnic becomes independent statutory corporation and ceases to be maintained by Oxfordshire County Council.

Oxford Polytechnic becomes one of first allowed to confer degrees on behalf of the CNAA

Government announces creation of universities from polytechnics

Oxford Brookes University

Unveiling the new name

Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy becomes part of Oxford Polytechnic

Headington Hill Hall

Princess of Wales with students

Princess of Wales visits the University as part of the celebrations to mark its new status.

First Chancellor

Chancellor Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

Opening of Warneford Hall increases hall of residence places to over 2,000.

The Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (OILP), a joint venture with Oxford University, received its first students.

Centre for Sport opens

The University opens a new £1.3million Centre for Sport, with a fitness suite, climbing wall, and sports hall.

Brookes wins three Partnership Awards, the prestigious national prizes celebrating innovation in teaching and learning.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu visits the University.

Student Centre opens

A new Student Centre on the Headington Hill site.

Brookes judged top new university in the influential league table published by the national newspaper The Times.

New Arts Building

School of Art, Publishing and Music moves in to newly refurbished building on Headington Hill Campus named Richard Hamilton Building in honour of founding father of Pop Art movement.

Professor Graham Upton is appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1997, taking over from Professor Clive Booth.

Brookes judged top new university for the second year running by The Times.

New research centre opened, providing a central resource for research students.

Brookes awarded Lottery funding to develop a new football pitch at Wheatley Campus.

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visits Brookes to see undergraduates at work in the automotive engineering laboratory.

Paul Kent Hall

New halls of residence opened, named in honour of former governor Dr Paul Kent and built on the site of former military barracks in Headington.

Brookes restaurant first opens

A new training restaurant opens for students of Hotel and Restaurant Management.

Brookes judged top new university for the fourth year running by The Times.

The men's VIII rowing team crowned British University Sports Association champions for the eighth successive year.

Westminster Institute of Education

Oxford Brookes University merges with Westminster College to create the new Westminster Institute of Education.

The University hosts Venturefest, Oxford's education, innovation and business showcase.

The Centre for Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism was officially launched one of 24 Government funded centres promoting high quality teaching

Three Brookes rowers win Olympic gold medals, Rowley Douglas, Ben Hunt-Davis and Fred Scarlett, who were also awarded MBEs.

Royal Literary Fund appoint one of its Fellows, Poet Mario Petrucci, to take up residence at Brookes as part of the Fellowship Scheme for Writers in Higher and Further Education.

A new Chancellor, and a Queen’s Anniversary Prize

Chancellor Jon Snow

Improved rankings

Brookes joins elite top 50 universities in The Times Good University Guide for the first time, and is top new university for the sixth year running.

New state-of-the-art Media Centre opened housing the reprographics unit, communications and graphics teams.

Top new university for 7th year in a row in The Times league tables.

The School of Architecture celebrates its 75th anniversary.

New student accommodation

The first phase of a new hall of residence in Marston Road opens, named Clive Booth Hall after our former Vice-Chancellor. This is followed by Cheney Student Village, a 750-room hall of residence.

Brookes purchases the former Milham Ford School in Marston to relocate the School of Health and Social Care on one site.

The University's first research institute, the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development is launched, to be followed by a number of other institutes.

New halls and Boat House

Cheney Student Village, a new 750-room hall of residence, opened.

Opening of the Cholsey Boat House for the highly-rated Oxford Brookes rowing team.

School of Health and Social Care

The School of Health and Social Care's new building in Marston Road is opened by HRH the Princess Royal, providing a dedicated centre for professional health and social care education.

Oxford Brookes Business School opens a Postgraduate Centre.

A new research building

Jon Snow opens the Buckley Building, a dedicated space for the University's thriving research community.

The School of Technology moves to the Wheatley Campus. A new three storey, steel frame and concrete building, houses new lecture theatres and classrooms together with workshops and laboratories for the Departments of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering and the new Motorsport Engineering Centre.

Campus redevelopment planned

Extensive public consultations are held on plans for major redevelopments of both Wheatley and Headington campuses.

New facilities at Wheatley Campus

The University opens two new buildings, a state-of the-art facility dedicated to engineering and housing Brookes’ Motorsport Engineering Centre, and the Simon Williams Undergraduate Centre, an exciting social space, providing an alternative to lecture halls, libraries and study bedrooms. The buildings are officially opened by David Richards CBE, Chairman of Prodrive and new owner of Aston Martin, and Chancellor Jon Snow respectively.

Environmental and conservation awards

Oxford Brookes is awarded fifth place in a new environmental league table of universities and receives a first class rating for its environmental credentials, as well as a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its world-class MSc in Primate Conservation.

Change of Vice-Chancellor

Professor Graham Upton retires as Vice-Chancellor in August. His successor, Professor Janet Beer, is inaugurated in September.

Shami Chakrabarti appointed Chancellor

In July Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty and respected human rights campaigner, replaces Jon Snow as Chancellor of the University.

Further awards

Oxford Brookes is named the UK’s best post-1992 university for the ninth year running in The Sunday Times’ University Guide and also becomes the first university to win a Gold EcoCampus award in recognition of its approach to sustainability.

10 years as best new university

Oxford Brookes is named the UK’s best post-1992 university for the tenth year running in The Sunday Times’ University Guide.

150th Annniversary celebrations

Oxford Brookes begins a year of events to celebrate our roots in 1865.

New Vice-Chancellor

In January, Vice-Chancellor Professor Janet Beer is succeeded by Professor Alistair Fitt.

New Chancellor

In March, Dr Katherine Grainger CBE , British rower and Olympic 2012 gold medalist, replaces Shami Chakrabarti as Chancellor of the University.

Oxford Brookes’ Anniversary

Held at the Taylor Institution, where the Oxford School of Art was first based, Oxford Brookes’ official birthday celebrations centred on a special performance by Flintlock Theatre. Written by Anna Glynn, Educating Oxford told the story of Oxford Brookes beginning with its origins, the development of the institution and the people who were the driving force behind the institution flourishing into the internationally renowned University it is today.

World's top 200 international universities

Oxford Brookes is named in the world's top 200 international universities by Times Higher Education.

Swindon Campus

The University opens the new Swindon Campus increasing its higher education provision in the town.

Rowing success

Oxford Brookes became the number one rowing university in the UK after winning a record haul of medals at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Regatta 2017. They won 41 Gold, 51 Silver and 31 Bronze medals.

Top university under 50

Oxford Brookes was the only UK university in the QS ranking of top 50 institutions under 50 years old QS World University Rankings Top 50 Under 50 2018 .

New state of the art lab facilities

The University celebrated the opening of new laboratory facilities for Biological and Medical Sciences in the refurbished Sinclair building.

Towards the future

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History of Art

  • Admissions Requirements
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  • Studying at Oxford

Course overview

UCAS code: V350

Entrance requirements: AAA

Course duration: 3 years (BA)

Subject requirements

Required subjects: A subject involving essay writing

Recommended subjects: Not applicable

Helpful subjects: History of Art, Fine Art, History, English, a language

Other course requirements

Admissions tests: None

Written Work: One piece, one response

Admissions statistics*

Interviewed: 41% Successful: 14% Intake: 16 *3-year average 2020-22

Tel: +44 (0) 1865 286830 Email:  [email protected]

Unistats information for this course can be found at the bottom of the page

Please note that there may be no data available if the number of course participants is very small.

About the course

Anything designed by human beings exhibits visual qualities that are specific to the place and period in which it originates.

History of Art aims to arrive at a historical understanding of the origins, meaning and purpose of art and artefacts from a wide range of world cultures. It asks about the circumstances of art and artefacts' making, their makers, the media used, the functions of the images and objects, their critical reception and – not least – their subsequent history.

As well as educating students in the historical interpretation of art in its cultural contexts, a degree in History of Art provides skills in the critical analysis of objects through the cultivation of visual literacy.

The acquired skills have broad applicability in a wide range of professional settings, as well as serving the needs of enduring personal enlightenment.

The University collections, including the famous Ashmolean  and Pitt Rivers museums, provide subjects for first-hand study under the supervision of those entrusted with their care. The historic architecture of the city and its environs supplies a rich source of study in its own right.

The Oxford degree is designed to provide innovative insights into a wide range of world art, drawing its expertise from various University faculties and the staff of University collections, as well as from the department itself.

There is a strong emphasis upon how the primary visual and written sources from various periods and places can be analysed in different ways. Students are encouraged to enquire about the nature of reactions to what we call ‘art’.

Unistats information

Discover Uni  provides applicants with Unistats statistics about undergraduate life at Oxford.

Please select 'see course data' on the following course option to view the full Unistats data for History of Art.

Please note that there may be no data available if the number of course participants is very small. 

A typical week

Each week you will have around two lectures, and a weekly tutorial.

Teaching usually takes place in the department or in a college, as well as in one of the Oxford museums and galleries where tutors often lecture in front of actual works of art. Visits to exhibitions or historical buildings will also be part of the course.

Outside the classroom most of your time will be spent preparing essays for your tutorials and working in libraries, archives or museums on longer research papers.

Tutorials usually comprise up to three students and a tutor. Class sizes may vary depending on the options you choose, but there would usually be no more than around 16 students, and often significantly fewer. 

Most tutorials, classes, and lectures are delivered by staff who are tutors in their subject. Many are world-leading experts with years of experience in teaching and research. Some teaching may also be delivered by postgraduate students who are studying at doctoral level.

To find out more about how our teaching year is structured, visit our  Academic Year  page.

Course structure

Years 2 and 3.

Visit the  History of Art  website for the latest information on all course details and a full list of current options.

The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes .

Academic requirements

Wherever possible, your grades are considered in the context in which they have been achieved.

Read further information on  how we use contextual data .

If a practical component forms part of any of your science A‐levels used to meet your offer, we expect you to pass it.

If English is not your first language you may also need to meet our English language requirements .

All candidates must follow the application procedure as shown on our  Applying to Oxford  pages.

The following information gives specific details for students applying for this course.

Written test

You do not need to take a written test as part of an application for this course.

Written work

*Applicants should have first-hand access to their chosen object so that they may examine it closely in person. When submitting their response essay, they should include a photograph of their chosen object if possible. In writing their response applicants may focus, as they wish, on whichever aspects of the object they consider to be most significant. These might include the medium, the design or style, the technique, the subject matter, and/or the location. No special preparation or research is required. The 750-word response should demonstrate curiosity, sensitivity and clarity in response to the chosen object and visual culture more generally. It should be a new piece of writing, not previously submitted for another programme.

Read our  further guidance on the submission of written work  more information, and to download a cover sheet.

What are tutors looking for?

Candidates should show evidence of lively engagement with visual culture, both contemporary and historical. Prior knowledge of art history is absolutely not a requirement: many successful applicants have never studied the subject before university.

What is looked for in applicants is a keen and critical observation of art and of the material environment in general. At interview, candidates are invited to demonstrate willingness to engage in focused discussion and debate about visual issues, and in addition to respond to one or more photographs of unfamiliar images, which applicants will not be expected to recognise.

Visit the History of Art website for more detail on the selection criteria for this course.

The cultural industries are one of the biggest employers in the world. In addition to museums and galleries, there are many governmental and nongovernmental agencies that work to conserve, research and promote cultural heritage and to further the production of art.

Furthermore, History of Art graduates will be especially competitive for posts in any area that requires combinations of visual and verbal skills. These include publishing, advertising, marketing and web-based media, as well as entering the wide range of professions available to all humanities graduates.

Note: These annual fees are for full-time students who begin this undergraduate course here in 2024. Course fee information for courses starting in 2025 will be updated in September.

We don't want anyone who has the academic ability to get a place to study here to be held back by their financial circumstances. To meet that aim, Oxford offers one of the most generous financial support packages available for UK students and this may be supplemented by support from your college.

Further details about fee status eligibility can be found on the fee status webpage.

For more information please refer to our  course fees page . Fees will usually increase annually. For details, please see our  guidance on likely increases to fees and charges.

Living costs

Living costs at Oxford might be less than you’d expect, as our  world-class resources and college provision can help keep costs down.

Living costs for the academic year starting in 2024 are estimated to be between £1,345 and £1,955 for each month you are in Oxford. Our academic year is made up of three eight-week terms, so you would not usually need to be in Oxford for much more than six months of the year but may wish to budget over a nine-month period to ensure you also have sufficient funds during the holidays to meet essential costs. For further details please visit our  living costs webpage .

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**If you have studied at undergraduate level before and completed your course, you will be classed as an Equivalent or Lower Qualification student (ELQ) and won’t be eligible to receive government or Oxford funding

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Additional Fees and Charges Information for History of Art

There are no compulsory costs for this course beyond the fees shown above and your living costs.

Contextual information

Unistats course data from Discover Uni provides applicants with statistics about a particular undergraduate course at Oxford. For a more holistic insight into what studying your chosen course here is likely to be like, we would encourage you to view the information below as well as to explore our website more widely.

The Oxford tutorial

College tutorials are central to teaching at Oxford. Typically, they take place in your college and are led by your academic tutor(s) who teach as well as do their own research. Students will also receive teaching in a variety of other ways, depending on the course. This will include lectures and classes, and may include laboratory work and fieldwork. However, tutorials offer a level of personalised attention from academic experts unavailable at most universities.

During tutorials (normally lasting an hour), college subject tutors will give you and one or two tutorial partners feedback on prepared work and cover a topic in depth. The other student(s) in your tutorials will be doing the same course as you. Such regular and rigorous academic discussion develops and facilitates learning in a way that isn’t possible through lectures alone. Tutorials also allow for close progress monitoring so tutors can quickly provide additional support if necessary.

Read more about tutorials and an Oxford education

College life

Our colleges are at the heart of Oxford’s reputation as one of the best universities in the world.

  • At Oxford, everyone is a member of a college as well as their subject department(s) and the University. Students therefore have both the benefits of belonging to a large, renowned institution and to a small and friendly academic community. Each college or hall is made up of academic and support staff, and students. Colleges provide a safe, supportive environment leaving you free to focus on your studies, enjoy time with friends and make the most of the huge variety of opportunities.
  • Porters’ lodge (a staffed entrance and reception)
  • Dining hall
  • Lending library (often open 24/7 in term time)
  • Student accommodation
  • Tutors’ teaching rooms
  • Chapel and/or music rooms
  • Green spaces
  • Common room (known as the JCR).
  • All first-year students are offered college accommodation either on the main site of their college or in a nearby college annexe. This means that your neighbours will also be ‘freshers’ and new to life at Oxford. This accommodation is guaranteed, so you don’t need to worry about finding somewhere to live after accepting a place here, all of this is organised for you before you arrive.
  • All colleges offer at least one further year of accommodation and some offer it for the entire duration of your degree. You may choose to take up the option to live in your college for the whole of your time at Oxford, or you might decide to arrange your own accommodation after your first year – perhaps because you want to live with friends from other colleges.
  • While college academic tutors primarily support your academic development, you can also ask their advice on other things. Lots of other college staff including welfare officers help students settle in and are available to offer guidance on practical or health matters. Current students also actively support students in earlier years, sometimes as part of a college ‘family’ or as peer supporters trained by the University’s Counselling Service.

Read more about Oxford colleges and how you choose

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FEEL INSPIRED?

Why not have a look at the History of Art podcasts page , where you can listen to a number of core lectures and public seminars.

You might also like to view the Faculty's reading list for prospective students or visit their research blog . In addition, you may find it interesting to explore the following resources:

  • BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time'
  • BBC Arts coverage

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Dr Jan D. Cox - Art Historian

DR JAN D. COX

Art historian.

oxford brookes history of art

In 2006 I completed my MA at the University of Bristol and subsequently spent a year as Research Assistant on a major AHRC project at the University of Plymouth. My PhD on the subject of the impact of Nordic art in Europe in the period 1878-1889 was awarded by the University of Leeds in January 2015. I have written extensively, with three publications in 2016, and a major catalogue in 2017, with further publications in 2018 and 2019. I have taught since 2007, including teaching second year students at Oxford Brookes in 2014/15 and first year students at Exeter in 2017. I am on the tutor panel for both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and have delivered conference papers in Britain, Scandinavia, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and Canada. In 2017, I contributed twenty-seven individual essays to the catalogue “Romanticism in the North – from Friedrich to Turner (Groningen: Groninger Museum), where I was entrusted with the major sections on Constable and Turner. My broad knowledge has led to teaching on a substantial range of subjects, but I have specialised in nineteenth-century art in the Nordic countries, France and Britain, with an additional interest of British art of the early twentieth century.

Employment:

University of Exeter – Associate Lecturer 2017

I wrote and presented a first year module on Modernism in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in the early twentieth century. Additionally I set formative and summative essay questions, and acted as first marker on both. I provided office hours and consulted with students on their work. Topics covered included the art of Vienna, secessions in Austria and Germany, Dada, Neue Sachlichkeit, Degenerate Art, architecture in Red Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte, and early German film. I supervised a third year student in her dissertation. The head of department commented “you clearly have communicated a good deal to the students who have produced some excellent work”.

Oxford Brookes University – Associate Lecturer 2014/15

I researched and designed a module for second-year undergraduates “From the Easel to the Machine: Modern Art in Europe 1910-1939”. I taught on the module, arranged seminars, set and marked essay and exam questions, provided advice and feedback to students, and led gallery visits. I covered art, design, architecture, photography and film. I prioritised student contact and the module received very positive feedback.  

Oxford University (OUDCE) – Undergraduate Diploma in History of Art 2014, Undergraduate Certificate in History of Art, 2019 – Both ongoing

I researched and designed a module for Oxford University Diploma students. Units included Techniques of Impressionism, Haussmann’s Paris, the Impressionist body, women Impressionists and the Impressionist landscape. I taught on the module, contributed essay questions, marked essay papers, arranged supervision sessions, and undertook dissertation supervision and marking. In 2019, I am supervising the long essays of ten students in Oxford’s Undergraduate Certificate in History of Art.

Oxford University (OUDCE) 2013 ongoing

Course Author: “The Impressionists: Painting Modern Life”

In 2013, I wrote and devised an online course that introduced students at first year undergraduate level to Impressionism. Artists include Degas, Monet, Manet, Cézanne, Caillebotte, Pissarro, Morisot, Cassatt, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Seurat. Topics include modernity, technique, critical responses, women Impressionists and international Impressionism. I have been teaching on this ongoing course since January 2014.

Plymouth University 2008-2009

Research Assistant on an AHRC project to place online the art criticism of Wyndham Lewis published in The Listener from 1946 to 1951. The website for the project can be found at: http://www.unirioja.es/listenerartcriticism/

My major achievements were:

The production of a fully functional website that met completely the aims and objectives laid down by the AHRC. Four substantial essays: Canadian Painters, Francis Bacon and Edward Wadsworth (x2) (See ‘Publications’ below for fuller details). The conversion of seventy-three articles and letters published in The Listener into an editable format. The choice of appropriate images to accompany the articles and letters. Subsequent contact and negotiation with museums, galleries, archives and copyright holders on a worldwide basis. Substantial research into contemporary catalogues and archival material undertaken at the National Art Library, Tate Archives and the Bodleian Library.

Other Teaching:

Since 2007 I have researched, written and presented a substantial number of study modules for both students and art aficionados alike. In January 2013, I began teaching with Oxford University (OUDCE), presenting both a weekly course and a week-long Summer School. I have also produced an online Undergraduate-level course for OUDCE that went live in January 2014, and began teaching for Cambridge University (ICE) in October 2013.

Teaching Organisations

Cambridge University (ICE) Oct 2013-Present

Oxford University (OUDCE) Jan 2013 Present

Dillington House, Somerset Nov 2011-Present

Plus numerous one-off lectures for such organisations as University of Edinburgh, Tate St. Ives, Barber Institute, ULEMHAS (Birkbeck), Ripon Arts.

University of Leeds 2010-2014

PhD in History of Art

My PhD, The Impact of Nordic Art in Europe 1878-1889 , was part of an AHRC-funded project entitled ‘Nordic Art: The Modern Breakthrough’, Principal Investigator: Prof. David Jackson. It contributed significant new material to our knowledge of nineteenth-century Nordic art and can be viewed at: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10406/

University of Bristol 2005-2006

MA in History of Art

● Coursework 72%, Dissertation 68%

● Dissertation: In War and Peace: John Minton, Keith Vaughan and Modern

● Modules included ‘Histories, Theories and Critical Interpretations of Art’

and ‘The English Avant-Garde’, tutored by Professor Elizabeth Prettejohn,

and ‘The Art Critic’ tutored by Professor Stephen Bann.

● My essay on the art historian Herbert Horne was adjudged by Michael

Liversidge (Emeritus Professor of History of Art at Bristol) to be ‘meticulously scholarly’ with ‘an astonishing bibliography’.

Oxford Brookes University 2002-2005

BA (Hons) in History of Art/Tourism Management

● First Class Honours Degree

● Dissertation: A Better World beyond the Horizon: The Art and Life of

Christopher Wood (1901-30) .

● My dissertation was awarded the 2005 Jeanne Sheehy Memorial Prize.

Research Interests:

  • Scandinavian Art in the nineteenth century.

Particularly the artists who interacted with mainstream European art such as Erik Werenskiold (Norway), P. S. Krøyer (Denmark), Anders Zorn (Sweden), Albert Edelfelt (Finland), Thomas Fearnley (Norway)

Artists of the Danish Golden Age and the artists’ colony at Skagen.

  • British Art in the twentieth century

C R W Nevinson, Wyndham Lewis, Camden Town & London Groups, First World War, Edward Wadsworth, Mark Gertler, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis. Second World War, Neo-Romantic art, Festival of Britain, early Freud and Bacon, British Cinema 1940-1970.

  • Ferrara in the fifteenth century

Duke Borso d’Este and the Este family, the artist Cosmè Tura and his relationship with the Este and Roverella families. The political and ecclesiastical roles of the Roverella, Strozzi and Calcagnini.

Publications

2019 The Painters of Skagen – a Utopia in the North?  

(future) Book chapter from conference proceedings at the University of Aberdeen to be published at end 2019 by the Nordic Research Network (Norvik Press). A discussion of the status of both artists and local inhabitants in the isolated Danish artists’ colony.

2018 Vilhelm Hammershøi at the Exposition Universelle of 1889

Book chapter in Petra Broomans et al. (eds.) Transit – ‘Norden och Europa’ IASS XXXI 2016, Groningen: Barkhuis. pp. 18-41. A chapter that discusses new discoveries I made regarding the four pictures exhibited by Hammershøi at the Exposition.

2017 Exhibition Catalogue: Romanticism in the North – from Friedrich to Turner, Groningen: Groninger Museum

I contributed twenty-seven individual essays on British and Scandinavian artists and their works for this catalogue, including Constable and Turner; the leading author in terms of output. https://vimeo.com/248437742

2016 Ribe Kunstmuseum (Denmark) Guide to the Collection (in English – 72 pages)

A guide that concentrates on the artists of the ‘modern breakthrough’ in the late nineteenth century, and the Danish Golden Age that preceded it. https://ribekunstmuseum.dk/butik/produkter/ribe-art-museum

2016 Erik Werenskiold and James Guthrie: Parallel Pictures in Norway And Scotland

Journal article in Kunst og Kultur, Norway’s leading art history journal. Kunst og Kultur Nr. 2/2016 pp. 84-91.

2016 The Battle of Kringen (1612) and its impact on Norway’s History.

Book chapter in Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North. London: Norvik Press, 2016, pp. 118-134.

2016 Teofilo Calcagnini and the Balance of Power in Estense Ferrara (Published online at Academia.Edu)

This substantial article has received an unqualified endorsement from Richard Tristano, Professor of History at St. Mary’s University, Minnesota. It sheds new light on the painter Cosmè Tura and the illustrator Taddeo Crivelli and their representations of the relationship between the political and ecclesiastical Este and Roverella families in fifteenth-century Ferrara.

2014 ‘By Stream and by Shore’ – Nordic Painters in Artists’ Colonies

Book chapter in Making Room: Nordic Artists, Institutions and Artist Institutions of the Modern Breakthrough published by Den Frie, Copenhagen, pp. 143-156.

2012 “Nordic Art 1880-1920” – Groninger Museum, Netherlands & Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich.

Catalogue contributor including entries for Christian Krohg, Ernst Josephson, Carl Wilhelmson, Thórarinn B. Thorláksson. Bibliographical literature for all Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic artists in the exhibition.

2009 Wyndham Lewis on Canadian Painters:University of Plymouth

In this essay, I examine the considerable role played by Scandinavian painting in the formation of the ideas of the Canadian Group of Seven, and discuss Wyndham Lewis’s art experiences in Canada.  http://www.unirioja.es/listenerartcriticism/essays/essay-Wyndham-Lewis-on-Canadian-Painters.htm

2009 Wyndham Lewis and Francis Bacon:University of Plymouth

In this essay, I analyse Bacon’s exhibitions up to 1950, including an original discovery in respect of the artist’s three early versions of a Study after Velázquez.  http://www.unirioja.es/listenerartcriticism/essays/essay-Wyndham-Lewis-and-Francis-Bacon.htm

2009 Edward Wadsworth: Lewis’s “salty” obituary of an “old comrade”:University on Plymouth

In this essay, I analyse carefully the way in which Wyndham Lewis, in his Listener obituary of Edward Wadsworth, appears to praise the artist, while neglecting no opportunity to undermine the merit of his art. http://www.unirioja.es/listenerartcriticism/essays/essay-EW-Lewiss-salty-obituary-of-an-old-comrade.htm  

2009 Edward Wadsworth: The Modern and the Maritime:University of Plymouth

In this essay, I analyse the oeuvre of Edward Wadsworth (1889-1949), and demonstrate two previously unrecognised important discoveries. http://www.unirioja.es/listenerartcriticism/essays/essay-EW-The-modern-and-the-maritime.htm

Conference and Symposium Papers

Jan 2019 Caspar David Friedrich Institute for Art History, Greifswald

“Inventing the Pictorial North” KEYNOTE SPEAKER

North Cape to Canada: Painting the Arctic

Aug 2017 University of Aberdeen – Nordic Research Network

The Painters of Skagen – A Cocoon in the North?

Investigating the social relationships between artists and the local  population at Skagen.

Jun 2017 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Balloons, Blimps and Biplanes: Nevinson and Lavery in the Great War

The first representations of aeroplanes and airships made by British  artists.  

Nov 2016 Nordic Research Network – UCL, Senate House, London

Thomas Fearnley (1802-42) in Italy.

Aug 2016 University of Groningen – International Association of Scandinavian Studies (IASS) KEYNOTE SPEAKER

The Impact of Nordic Art in Europe 1878-1889

Apr 2016 University of Edinburgh – Association of Art Historians

The Lure of Lofoten (19 th -century depictions of the Lofoten Islands)

Feb 2016 University of Edinburgh – Scandinavian Studies guest lecture

The Significance of Erik Werenskiold’s Painting ‘A Peasant Burial’ (1885)

Oct 2015 Danish and Swedish Institutes – Rome

(“ Another Horizon . Northern Painters in Rome 1814-1870”)

Thomas Fearnley: Industry, Sociability, Liminality

Feb 2015 University of Edinburgh (“Nordic Research Network”)

The Battle of Kringen (1612) – A momentous and meaningful event?

Analysis of Nineteenth-century depictions of the battle.

May 2014 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

(“British Waters and Beyond”)

Christopher Wood – Painter of Two Cornwalls

Jan 2014 Aarhus University, Denmark (“Nordic Cosmopolitans”)

Nordic Art: The Modern Breakthrough 1860-1920

Dec 2013 University of Oslo (“After the party: Strategies for future studies on Munch and his Nordic contemporaries”)

Erik Werenskiold: A Peasant Burial

Oct 2013 Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

(Symposium: “Making Room”)

‘ By Stream and by Shore’ – Nordic Painters in Artists’ Colonies

Sept 2013 University of Cork (“War in the Visual Arts”)

C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twenty-First Century

An analysis of recent representations of Nevinson in the popular media  allied to a reconsideration of his oeuvre.

Nov 2012 Barber Institute, Birmingham.

J. C. Dahl and the Stave Churches of Norway.

Symposium allied to the Barber’s ‘Thomas Fearnley’ exhibition.

Jun 2012 Tate St. Ives (1928: A Cornish Encounter)

Christopher Wood in Cornwall: Painters and “Primitives”

Engaging with Christopher Wood in the context of his meeting with Alfred Wallis and Ben and Winifred Nicholson.

Apr 2012 University of East Anglia (British Art as International Art)

From Lom to Brig o’ Turk: Parallel Pictures in Scotland and Scandinavia

James Guthrie and the links between art, culture and religion in Scotland  and Scandinavia.

Mar 2012 Danish National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst)

(International Researchers Conference) Nordic Success in Paris 1878-1889.

A discussion of Nordic success at the Paris Salon and Expositions Universelles , with an emphasis on Danish artists P. S. Krøyer and Wilhelm Hammershøi.

Oct 2011 University of Leeds (T. J. Clark on “The Sight of Death”)

“A Realistic Death”: Politics, Class and Ritual in Burials and Funerals.

A discussion of T. J. Clark’s ‘Image of the People’ in the presence Clark himself, with reference to Courbet, Erik Werenskiold and James Guthrie.

Dec 2010 University of York (Postgraduate Conference)

Erik Werenskiold

An examination of Werenskiold’s engagement with Scottish art.

June 2010 The Courtauld Institute (New Approaches to British Art 1939-69)

Keith Vaughan: The Dynamic Tension of Man versus Terrain.

A re-examination of the tension inherent in the work of Keith Vaughan.  It analyses the figurative elements in his work, and the relationship between those figures and his representation of landscape.

March 2009 Concordia University, Montreal (Art and its Historians)

Herbert P. Horne: ‘Arid Burrower’ of the Florentine Archives.

Herbert Horne, Bernard Berenson and art historical methodologies.

April 2008 Tate Britain, London (AAH Annual Conference)

Lippo Memmi: Exemplar per eccellenza of the familial and familiar in the Sienese Trecento.

Lippo Memmi, Simone Martini and their familial production of art.

April 2007 University of Ulster, Belfast (AAH Annual Conference)

Rodrigo Moynihan and the ‘missing Minton’ – the photograph as agent of revelation and inertia.

John Minton, Rodrigo Moynihan, Francis Bacon and the use of the camera in artistic practice.

Sept. 2005 University of Nottingham (AAH students)

Christopher Wood: The Zebra and the Parachute.

Christopher Wood and his use of George Stubbs as source material.

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1. The Kremlin as seen from across the Moskva River, 1866

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This image was a gift album to Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), wife of Alexander III and mother of Nicholas II.

Though the Kremlin's buildings, especially Orthodox churches, suffered much at the hands of the Bolsheviks, this area has changed little since that time.

2. Voskresenskaya Square and Chapel of Iverskaya Icon of The Mother of God, 1900s

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This place is now called the Square of the Revolution, and the red building is the State Historical Museum.

This is Moscow's zero mile marker. Throw a coin in for good luck. In 1995, an equestrian statue to World War II hero Marshal Zhukov was erected here.

3. Smolensky Market, 1906

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This was a spontaneous market on the crossroads of Arbat Street and Old Smolensky Tract, which led to the city of Smolensk.

Now, a Stalin-era skyscraper (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) stands here, as well as the wide avenue of the Garden Ring. Commerce is still conducted here, and there are many business offices nearby.

4. Krymsky Bridge , Neskuchny Garden and Zachatyevsky Monastery , 1886

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This photo was made 50 years ago, and today’s popular Gorky Park was opened on the forested side of the Moskva River. Also, notice that Krymsky Bridge is missing.

Zachatyevsky Monastery is now scrunched between office and residential buildings.

On the other side of the river is the New Tretyakov Gallery.

5. House of Romanov boyars

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In this medieval house on Varvarka Street, close to the Kremlin, the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty - Mikhail - was born in 1596.

Today, this ‘palace’ still stands, surrounded by medieval churches and the Old English Court that was built in the early 16th century. The street and the museums are next to the new Zaryadye Park.

6. Lubyanka Square, 1890s

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The medieval gates of Kitai-Gorod stood here long before Muscovites saw the appearance of the KGB building, which of course is a symbol of Stalinist repression and torture. Different stores occupied this area, and in the center of the square was a beautiful fountain made by a sculptor with Italian roots, Ivan Vitali.

In Soviet times, the fountain was moved to Neskuchny Garden, and a monument to the bloody KGB leader, Felix Dzerzhinsky, was erected instead. It was demolished in 1991, however, and now the spot is vacant.

7. St. Basil’s Cathedral, 1905

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Erected by Ivan the Terrible in the mid-16th century in honor of the conquest of Kazan, it’s now one of the most recognizable symbols of Russia, not to mention Red Square’s pearl.

While the country’s main cathedral, Christ the Savior, was demolished by the Bolsheviks, this cathedral was spared. The street leading to Red Square is called Vasilevsky Descent and is now covered with cobblestones. Large outdoor concerts are held here from to time.

8. Donskoy Monastery, 1882

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It was seen as a miracle when in the 16th century the Crimean khan with his formidable army retreated from the walls of Moscow. Donskoy Monastery was erected on the battlefield south of Moscow’s city limits at that time, but which is an area that’s now part of the city center.

In Soviet times, anti-religious art exhibitions were displayed instead of church services, which started again here only after Perestroika .

9. Pashkov House, 1896

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This photo was made during the coronation of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II. There was a big feast for the imperial court, and the city center was sumptuously decorated.

This is one of Moscow’s most gorgeous buildings, and it was the first site of the Russian State Library, the largest public library in the country. Rare manuscripts, sheet music and maps are still stored here.

10. Kremlin seen from southeast , 1880s

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In the 20th century, the area around the Kremlin was built up. Inside, the communists built a new State Kremlin Palace, which is the only modern structure in the Kremlin, built for Party meetings.

From the 1960s and until 2006, in front of Red Square stood the massive Hotel Rossiya, which was demolished that year. For more than a decade afterwards , the area was a fenced-off construction site. In 2017, however, Zaryadye Park opened with its stunning floating bridge over the Moskva River.

From July 4 to August 13, 2018, the exhibition, “Moscow in Photographs from the 1860s to the early 1900s,” is on display at the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg as part of the series, “Traveling around the Russian Empire.”

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Art in Moscow: Museums, Galleries and Museum-Reserves

There is no strict dress code in Moscow museums. However, if you are going to explore ancient churches and holy places we recommend more conservative outwear. Women should have their heads covered.

All state museums and galleries are free every third Sunday of the month. Some of the Moscow museums are free on holidays, and during the «Museum days» and «Museum Night».

If you’re looking for great cultural tours around art points of Moscow, we have a great MOSCOW ART & DESIGN TOUR , available for you everyday except Mondays.

Moscow Museums

The Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin

Don’t miss a chance to see the very heart of Moscow, the Kremlin, the symbol of the Russian State, one of the greatest architectural ensembles in the world, a treasury of unusual relics and monuments of art. It is situated on a high Borovitskiy hill above the Moskva River, so you’ll be able to see a spectacular view of the city center. The famous Armory Chamber and the Diamond Fund are real treasure-houses, where you can see ancient Russian regalia, ceremonial tsar’s dress, church hierarchs’ vestments, arms, gold and silverware by Russian, European and Eastern masters. The Kremlin is the official President’s residence and remains a gorgeous political landmark. The UNESCO has included the ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin in the World Heritage List.

Site: http://www.kreml.ru/

The State Historical Museum

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Ivan Zabelin, Aleksey Uvarov, and several other Slavophiles founded the State Historical Museum in 1872 to promote Russian history and national self-awareness. During its century-long history, the museum has collected more than 4.5 million of valuable items and over 12 million pages of documental archives. Its exhibitions range from relics of prehistoric tribes that lived in the territory of present-day Russia, through priceless artworks acquired by members of the Romanov dynasty. The museum’s historical building which was reconstructed and equipped to meet all the visitors requirements is on the Red Square.

Site: http://www.shm.ru/

The State Tretyakov Gallery

The State Tretyakov Gallery

The State Tretyakov Gallery takes a special place among the national art museums of the world. Established with the efforts of one person, the dedicated collector Pavel Tretyakov, it possesses a unique collection of Russian art, more than 150000 masterpieces, created by famous Russian artists throughout the centuries. The historic building of the State Tretyakov Gallery at Lavrushinski Lane presents Russian art from the 11th through the early 20th century. The state Tretyakov Gallery at Krymsky Val has an excellent collection of Russian art of the 20th century, modern art and holds temporary exhibitions.

Site: http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

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The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is one the largest European museums of fine art. It has one of the most remarkable collections of fine arts in Russia that consists of artworks from ancient times to the present day. Visitors can see great paintings by world famous artists: Rembrandt, Botticelli, Canaletto, Tiepolo, along with the remarkable collections of Impressionists, Post-impressionists, modernists: Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Picasso and others. Moreover, the museum holds the private collectors’ galleries, many of were inaccessible to public for many years.

Site: http://www.arts-museum.ru/

Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Moscow Museum of Modern Art specializes in the modern art of 20th and 21st centuries. The famous Russian artist and sculptor Zurab Tsereteli has founded it. The museum is located in four historic buildings in Petrovka Street, Gogolevsky Boulevard, Ermolaevsky lane and Tverskoy Boulevard. The museum’s collection depicts the development of avant-garde. The largest part of the collection consists of masterpieces of Russian artists, but you can also find works by Anri Russo, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso and many others.

Site: http://www.mmoma.ru/

The Moscow Planetarium

The Moscow Planetarium

The Planetarium in Moscow first opened its doors in 1929. After a global reconstruction, it was reopened in 2011. Now it is a multifunctional complex that combines scientific and educational resources: the interactive museum «Lunarium», the Museum of Urania, the Big Star Hall and the Sky Park, family recreation center, that focuses on different age groups. The Moscow Planetarium is one of the biggest planetariums in the world.

Site: http://www.planetarium-moscow.ru/

Moscow Galleries

Garage museum of contemporary art.

Inside Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Hall

Exhibit on display during the opening of «Art Experiment»

The museum is a kind of independent platform aimed to disclose and reveal a new way of thinking. The Garage Center currently reflects the contemporary innovations of national and world’s culture. It invites you to the beautiful world of modern art, showing its best pieces. This center offers a great number of various exhibitions, educational projects for kids and adults, and publishing. The Garage Center is also called The Museum of Everything. It provides ways and reasons for public dialogue and the creation of progressive ideas.

Site: http://garageccc.com/

The Multimedia Art Museum

Fifty Years of Bond Style Exhibition

Fifty Years of Bond Style Exhibition

The Multimedia Art Museum opened in October 2010 at the base of the Moscow House of Photography. One of the main principles of MAMM s work is complete openness to the new forms of visual expression and for the fresh, innovative trends in the Russian and foreign media art and photography. There are seven floors of spacious exhibition halls and minimalist architecture that is a great font for modern art. The exhibition history of MAMM and Moscow House of Photography counts more than 1300 exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Moreover, Multimedia Art Museum has different educational programs and holds famous Moscow art festivals: Photobiennale, «Fashion and Style in Photography» and others.

Site: http://www.mamm-mdf.ru/

Lumiere Brothers Photography Center

Lumiere Brothers Photography Center

This modern photo gallery is located in the very heart of Moscow, next to the Kremlin, Cathedral of Christ the Savior, big art galleries, design studios famous clubs and restaurants. The photography Center houses in an old and huge mansion at the Moskva River Embankment. Lumiere Brothers Photography Center has three huge exhibition rooms, lecture hall, library with an immense collection of rare books in photography and an independent bookshop. The Center is conducting research work, organizing educational projects, providing a base for the future Russian Museum of Photography.

Site: http://www.lumiere.ru/

Winzavod

Winzavod (Wine Factory) is the first and the biggest Center of Contemporary Art in our country. It unites all the areas of modern culture: exhibitions, festivals, lecture programs, cinema, concerts, theater premieres. You will find here a big amount of art galleries, artists’ workshops, designers and photographers studios, art cafes, fashion showrooms, a bookshop, children’s studio and many other things. The purpose of Winzavod is to support and to develop Russian contemporary art, art initiatives and help talented young people. Visiting Winzavod you will see the art that defines not only today’s but also tomorrow’s life.

Site: http://www.winzavod.ru/

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The Manezh was built in 1817 in honor of the 5th anniversary of Russia’s victory in the 1812 war. Then it was called «Exerzierhaus», building, intended for military drills. The building has the unique construction – wooden structure trusses overlap the space of 44.86 square meters without any intermediate supports. After 1917, Manezh served as a garage for government vehicles. And since 1957 it has been continuously used for exhibitions and public events. In 2004, the building was severely damaged by fire. Renovated in 2005 the Manezh doubled its area. Nowadays it is one of the leading Moscow exhibition halls. There are two exhibition spaces, a conference room and a cafe on the third-floor observation deck. The Manezh hosts numerous fairs, festivals, and exhibitions.

Site: http://moscowmanege.ru/

Flacon Design Factory

Flacon Design Factory

Flacon Design Factory, located in the territory of a former glass factory, has become a pioneer in the revitalization of industrial zone outside the historic center of Moscow. Flacon has become a powerful launch pad for multiple cool projects, self-expression of creative individuals and carrying-out of sociocultural initiatives. No wonder that the atmosphere at Flacon entirely coincides with its motto: «Create as you please!» The Factory includes offices, co-working zone, shops, workshops, exhibition and creative projects spaces. Lectures, film screenings, fairs, design festivals, innovative exhibitions, presentations, concerts, limited actions and design community work days pass here weekly.

Site: http://flacon.ru/

Artplay

Artplay is near Winzavod in the former industrial space in the area Kurskaya metro station and occupies an area of 75,000 square meters. Artplay, providing a new life to carefully reconstructed factory buildings, has become an important part of the contemporary cultural landscape of the city. Artplay unites designers, architects, furniture, lighting, ceramics, decorative materials shops, involving them in cooperation with each other. Young Moscow galleries, artists’ studios, cafes, bars, bookstores, music club, school of design, theater, children’s art studio are also situated here. Three exhibition halls regularly host contemporary art exhibitions, festivals, video art, alternative music concerts, performances, film screenings, lectures and master classes.

Site: http://www.artplay.ru/

CCI Fabrika

CCI Fabrika

The Center For Creative Industries «Fabrika» is an art space for non-commercial creative projects. Today it is the example of peaceful coexistence of art business, operating enterprise, production, and workplaces for talented people in Moscow. CCI Fabrika is a member of the international network of non-profit cultural centers – Trans Europe Halls. This project is a typical umbrella-center. It is developing in both ways: creating and exhibiting its cultural projects and offering workspaces for other creative groups. Here you can find art studios and workshops of design, architecture, cinema, theater, cartoon animation and contemporary music studios.

Site: http://www.proektfabrika.ru/

Moscow Museum-Reserves

Tsaritsyno State Museum-Reserve

Tsaritsyno State Museum-Reserve

Tsaritsyno State Museum-Reserve is one of the largest historical, cultural, recreation and touristic complexes. Its total area is more than 700 hectares. It is an excellent combination of nature – marvelous rivers, ponds, streams, forests – and scientifically restored and renovated architectural and landscape monuments. The museum’s collection of historical items, exhibitions, and educational programs will be attractive for both national visitors and foreign tourists.

Site: http://www.tsaritsyno-museum.ru/

Arkhangelskoye Country Estate

Arkhangelskoe Estate

Russian cultural monument is a good sublimation of the stunning beauty of a green space and luxurious collection of paintings, sculptures, unique books and pieces arts and crafts. During its long history, the estate was used as a recreation place for emperors, politicians, famous writers and poets. Today it is the finest place to have an enjoyable walk and to see the richest collection Russian art.

Site: http://www.arhangelskoe.su/

Kolomenskoe Museum-Reserve

Kolomenskoe Museum-Reserve

A unique historic place – Kolomenskoe – is situated in the picturesque surrounding over the Moscow River banks. A magnificent country estate has appeared at the lands full of legends. Archeological discoveries state that the first settlements appeared here in the VIII century. It is an ancient and uniquely formed place. Today this is a unique complex of cultural monuments of high historical value.

Site: http://mgomz.ru/kolomenskoe

Sergiev-Posad City

Sergiev Posad

Sergiev Posad Museum-Reserve

Museum of Sergiev-Posad is a historical and art reserve. It is located within the unique wall of the St. Sergius Trinity Lavra. This ancient monastery gathered its treasures during centuries from the tsars, princes and boyars donations. Moreover, many art and craft items were made at Lavra’s workshops. Now, the collections of Sergiev-Posad Museum-Reserve include rare, ancient icons, Cyrillic alphabet books, medieval manuscripts, visual art items, gold and silver showpieces.

Site: http://www.stsl.ru/

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    8 673 views 2 years ago OXFORD Elsa, studying History of Art at Oxford Brookes, says what she loves about her subject is the breadth of knowledge it gives her. Literature, history and...

  16. History of Art

    History of Art Overview Structure Admissions Requirements Careers Fees and Funding Studying at Oxford Course overview UCAS code: V350 Entrance requirements: AAA Course duration: 3 years (BA) Subject requirements Required subjects: A subject involving essay writing Recommended subjects: Not applicable

  17. Curriculum Vitae

    Liversidge (Emeritus Professor of History of Art at Bristol) to be 'meticulously scholarly' with 'an astonishing bibliography'. Oxford Brookes University 2002-2005. BA (Hons) in History of Art/Tourism Management First Class Honours Degree Dissertation: A Better World beyond the Horizon: The Art and Life of . Christopher Wood (1901-30).

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    By studying History of Art at Oxford Brookes, you'll be exploring issues in a collaborative and dynamic environment. Your studies will include museum visits, walk-arounds and special talks from visiting experts from the likes of: ... Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum ...

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  21. History

    History Settlers were first drawn to the area in 1871, with abundant grassland and available timber for building. The area was first named "Hog Heaven" which was later changed to "Paradise Valley." ... Renaissance Fair, Rendezvous in the Park, Artwalk and the Prichard Art Gallery are reasons why Moscow is known as the "Heart of the Arts ...

  22. History of Art

    When you study History of Art in Oxford you can gain work experience in museums, galleries, and auction houses. The University's own exhibition space, the Glass Tank, offers two placements to History of Art students each year. Our undergraduates have also held both voluntary and paid positions at the Ashmolean, Modern Art Oxford, Sanders printsellers, and Mallams auctioneers.

  23. Art in Moscow: Museums, Galleries and Museum-Reserves

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  24. Moscow : a cultural history : Brooke, Caroline

    15.70 history of Europe, Civilization, Travel, Cultuurgeschiedenis, Moscow (Russia) -- Civilization, Moscow (Russia) -- Description and travel, Russia (Federation) -- Moscow, Moskou (stad) Publisher New York : Oxford University Press Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English