A Cruise through the Brokers’
A Cruise through the Brokers’: Wardour Street and the London Antique and Curiosity Markets in the mid 19th century Date: 17 January 2012 (Tuesday) Time: 5:00pm Venue: Room 2.38, Main [...]
Cave Temples of Sichuan in Eco Art History
Cave Temples of Sichuan in Eco Art History Date: 16 November 2011 (Wednesday) Time: 5:00pm Venue: Room 2.38, Main Building, HKU Cave temples are a unique architectural form that transforms [...]
Art and Diplomacy in Papal Rome: Picturing a Global Papacy in the Early 17th Century
Art and Diplomacy in Papal Rome: Picturing a Global Papacy in the Early 17th Century Date: 24 October 2011 (Monday) Time: 5:30pm Venue: Room 1.67, Main Building, HKU In the [...]
Durer’s Folds
Durer’s Folds Date: 16 September 2011 (Friday) Time: 5:00pm Venue: Room 2.38, Main Building, HKU Drapery’s ability to delineate torsos and limbs, for its folds to evoke antique statuary and, [...]
Binyon, Lewis and Nash: British Modernists’ Conception of Chinese Landscape Painting
Binyon, Lewis and Nash: British Modernists’ Conception of Chinese Landscape Painting Date: 12 April 2011 (Tuesday) Time: 5:00pm Venue: Room 2.38, Main Building, HKU Chinese landscape painting does not take [...]
Portraiture and Celebrity: From the First Actresses to the Modern Diva
Portraiture and Celebrity: From the First Actresses to the Modern Diva Date: 29 March 2011 (Tuesday) Time: 5:00pm Venue: Room 2.38, Main Building, HKU This lecture explores the role of [...]
Thinking on the Way to the Yoshiwara: Painting and Prints of the Trip to Edo’s Pleasure District
The Shih Hsio-yen Distinguished Lecture in Art History series Thinking on the Way to the Yoshiwara: Painting and Prints of the Trip to Edo’s Pleasure District Date: 7 December 2010 [...]
From Gold Leaf to Apocryphal Stories: Influences from the East on Late Burmese Wall Paintings
From Gold Leaf to Apocryphal Stories: Influences from the East on Late Burmese Wall Paintings Date: 13 September 2010 (Monday) Time: 5:00pm Venue: Room 2.38, Main Building, HKU In 1767 [...]
Bring It On!: New Images of Feminine Aggression in Art and Visual Culture
Bring It On!: New Images of Feminine Aggression in Art and Visual Culture Date: 19 January 2010 (Tuesday) Time: 5:00pm Venue: Room 2.38, Main Building, HKU In this lecture, Maud [...]
Picasso and Monstrosity
The Shih Hsio-yen Distinguished Lecture in Art History series Picasso and Monstrosity Date: 3 December 2008 (Wednesday) Time: 6:00pm Venue: Rm 223, Knowles Building, HKU Speaker: Prof. T.J. Clark Many [...]
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