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During the Renaissance society became more self-imaging, resulting in the establishment of the various formats and iconography associated with portraiture even today. We will examine how status, individuality and perception of self are portrayed through the work of both Italian and Northern artists including Leonardo, Titian, Raphael, Dürer and Holbein.

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Course programme

Friday 22 January 2016

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner
20:30 The Gaze - turning of the head from profile to full face
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday 23 January 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Men of Power and Men of Letters
10:30 Coffee
11:00 The courtier and Pair Portraits
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Expressing status and individuality
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Genderisation and the portrayal of the feminine
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday 24 January 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Regal and civic portraits
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Dürer, Holbein and the English Court
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch.

Enquiries

General enquiries

Admissions Team
Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Madingley Hall, Madingley
Cambridge
CB23 8AQ
UK
+44 (0)1223 746262

Admissions enquiries

Admissions Team
Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Madingley Hall, Madingley
Cambridge
CB23 8AQ
UK
+44 (0)1223 746262

Course dates

22 Jan 2016 to 24 Jan 2016

Course duration

1 weekend(s)

Course fee

£260

Academic Directors, Course Directors and Tutors are subject to change, when necessary.

Venue

Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
CB23 8AQ
UK

Qualifications / Credits

Non-accredited

Course code

1516NRX056