Leiden Art History Blog

Lockdown Letters

Students in the BA and MA programme share their personal experiences since the beginning of lockdown.

• 13-04-2021

Spiritual Daughters and Patronage

On 3 December 2020, followers of the LUCAS Museum Talks series were treated to a visual feast by Dr. Sarah Moran, who presented ‘Resurrecting the “Spiritual Daughters”: The Case of the Houtappel Chapel in the Jesuit Church of Antwerp’.

Catherine Powell • 24-12-2020

Talking Diversity: New perspectives in Art History

On 8 December 2020, for the final session of Art in the West, Dr. Anna Tummers invited three high-profile guests for a public lecture on new perspectives in art history. With more than 80 students and professors were present and a thought-provoking panel discussion this was a great success.

Sabine Verbree • 18-12-2020

Sensing Style: Today’s Global Subcultures

Sensing Style is a free 1-day online symposium that explores the relationship between style and meaning in 21st century subcultures. A diverse group of scholars will share their research on style and emerging subcultures within today’s globalised, viralised and mediatised popular culture.

Georgia Kay • 30-11-2020

Image Reincarnation: Illustrations of the Ten Avatars of Vishnu assuming New “Lives” in the hands of European Artists and Readers

An evaluation of how the creators’ identity and goals prompted a transcultural evolution of pictorial presentation of deities and religious mythology.

Maggie Mansfield • 18-11-2020

The Future of Furniture?

The “Museum Talks Series” transitioned to a digital format in these unprecedented times. The inaugural presentation titled, “The Future of Furniture: Curating furniture at the Rijksmuseum” was an engaging presentation by LUCAS faculty member, Dr. Alexander Dencher.

Maggie Mansfield • 16-11-2020

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