Our next Research Seminar will take place on 30 November at 18.00 on zoom: Dr Francisco Montes, Female Power and Visual Culture in Viceregal America Abstract: This paper presents an overview of the findings in current research focusing on how the influence exerted by certain women in Spanish colonial society can be measured from theContinue reading “TOMORROW – ARTES / Durham University’s Zurbarán Centre Autumn 2022 Seminar Series | Dr Francisco Montes, Female Power and Visual Culture in Viceregal America – 30 November, 6pm”
Monthly Archives: November 2022
ARTES-CEEH Scholarship Report – Kirk Patrick H. Testa
Investigating the Spanish Roots of Filipino Catholic Devotion through the Santo Niño de Cebú Through the generous funding of the Artes-CEEH Travel Scholarship, I was able to conduct invaluable research not only for my Courtauld History of Art MA dissertation but also for a future publication. By visiting the cities of Barcelona and Madrid, IContinue reading “ARTES-CEEH Scholarship Report – Kirk Patrick H. Testa”
Conference | Representing Queenship in the Habsburg Monarchy (17th century) – Madrid, 6-7 March 2023
Full Programme available here: bit.ly/3Xv2EQ8 To register please use the online form: https://agenart.org/seminarios/seminario-internacional-representar-la-reginalidad-en-la-monarquia-de-los-austrias-siglo-xvii/
British-Spanish Society ‘Punto de Encuentro’ Concert at St James’s Church Piccadilly, 25 November 2022, 5:30 pm
The BritishSpanish Society is hosting an evening of music, wine and tapas at St James’s Church Picadilly this Friday 25 November 2022, doors open at 5:30 pm The BSS is delighted to once again be holding their Autumn Concert in the impressive St James’s Church, Piccadilly. The church, which dates back to 1676, was designedContinue reading “British-Spanish Society ‘Punto de Encuentro’ Concert at St James’s Church Piccadilly, 25 November 2022, 5:30 pm”
Conference | Formas vitales y construcciones históricas: la obra de Américo Castro en el cincuentenario de su muerte, University of Salamanca, 1-2 December 2022
Please find the programme here: https://iemyrhd.usal.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Triptico-.pdf
ARTES-CEEH Travel Scholarship Report: Eva Sierra
Thanks to the generous support of the ARTES-CEEH Travel Scholarship, I was able to carry out some research at the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid, Spain, in June 2021. The topic of my dissertation, The Archangel Saint Michael in the Fifteenth-century Crown of Aragon: a different perspective, gives an idea of the period I needed toContinue reading “ARTES-CEEH Travel Scholarship Report: Eva Sierra”
PSSA Online Lecture | Fathers and Daughters in Sculpture workshops in early modern Spain: Pedro Roldán and his daughters Francisca, Luisa and Maria Roldán; Pedro de Mena and his daughters Andrea and Claudia de Mena, Dr Cathy Hall-van den Elsen, 22 November, 7.30 pm
The Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA) is hosting an online lecture on the seventeenth-century Seville sculptor Pedro Roldán and his legacy as a master, discussing the work of some of his pupils, including of course his daughter Luisa, to be given by Cathy Hall van den Elsen on Tuesday 22 November at 7.30 pm.Continue reading “PSSA Online Lecture | Fathers and Daughters in Sculpture workshops in early modern Spain: Pedro Roldán and his daughters Francisca, Luisa and Maria Roldán; Pedro de Mena and his daughters Andrea and Claudia de Mena, Dr Cathy Hall-van den Elsen, 22 November, 7.30 pm”
ARTES-CEEH Scholarship Report: Marina Aurora Garzón Fernández
In 2021 I was awarded an ARTES-CEEH Travel Scholarship for the project “My darling, fly thou: New iconography of the Song of Songs in Iberian medieval sculpture”. Unfortunately, Covid forced me to delay my research and I was unable to pursue my work until this Autumn. In fact, I am currently at the British LibraryContinue reading “ARTES-CEEH Scholarship Report: Marina Aurora Garzón Fernández”
ARTES-CEEH Scholarship Report, 2022: Nausheen Hoosein
With the generosity of the ARTES-CEEH PhD Scholarship, I have made significant progress on my research, writing, as well as additional skills training. I am a second-year PhD student in the History of Art department at the University of York working under the supervision of Dr Richard McClary. My thesis is titled ‘From Umayyad Madinat al-ZahraContinue reading “ARTES-CEEH Scholarship Report, 2022: Nausheen Hoosein”
ARTES / Durham University’s Zurbarán Centre Autumn 2022 Seminar Series – 9 November, 6pm
A reminder that our next Research Seminar will take place TODAY, 9 November at 18.00 on zoom: Professor Sir Barry Ife, “George Vivian’s Spanish Scenery and the Politics of the 1830s” Registration is required: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=i9hQcmhLKUW-RNWaLYpvlGP-wSu2R1JFpVjsNyCAKKVUOERSMThWRlpIMzFTN0JLQ0xGUUVNMFA1OS4u Abstract: George Vivian’s book of 29 hand-coloured lithographs of Spanish ‘scenery’ was published in London by Colnaghi in 1838. It has remained largely overlooked in theContinue reading “ARTES / Durham University’s Zurbarán Centre Autumn 2022 Seminar Series – 9 November, 6pm”
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