Stripping Back to Sharpen the Senses: A Holy Face and a Waterfall Vase
Artists can engage our senses by deliberately focusing on an artificial, pared down approach. Eleanor and Yayoi explore such artistic intention through a seventeenth-century painting from Spain, and a twentieth- century vase from Japan.
Date:
21 May 2019, 12:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue:
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
Venue Details:
Floor 2, Gallery 46
Speakers:
Eleanor Townsend (History of Art),
Yayoi Teramoto Kimura (Computational Neuroscience)
Organising department:
Ashmolean Museum
Part of:
Ashmolean Museum Gallery Talks - Talking Sense
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Laura Spence
