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
Venue 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
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Helena Guzik
