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Founded in 1994, THE COURSE offers art history lectures, opera and literature courses, guided museum visits and London walks.
In this series of 10 lectures, Nicole Mezey will examine how no single theme has so preoccupied the western artist as has Christianity. It is the only one of the world’s great monotheistic faiths to allow, indeed to encourage, representation, and the history, narratives and practice of the Faith are richly reflected in its art. Cherubim and chasubles, Passion and pilgrimages, Samson and St. Lucy – this course explores a range of Christian themes, some of the devotional and other forms in which they were expressed, and the experiences and ideas which inspired them.
STORYTELLING 2 – NEW TESTAMENT
In the third lecture, we will look at how The New Testament provides the essential core of Christianity, the life of Christ and his early followers. Through the ages, the Church has emphasised different episodes to explore dominant theological issues, and we follow this in the arts from the restraint of medieval fonts to the baroque intensity of Rubens.