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
Venue:
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
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Details: Meet in Gallery 46 (Floor 2)
Speakers: Eleanor Townsend (University of Oxford), Yayoi Teramoto Kimura (University of Oxford)
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organisers: Hugo Shakeshaft (University of Oxford), Helena Guzik (University of Oxford)
Part of: Talking Sense Gallery Talks
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Helena Guzik