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Different Perspectives in Art

The Renaissance is often hailed as the turning point in art history. The moment lineair perspective was truly understood in Western Art, leading to new heights in artist’s achievements. However, what if lineair perspective is not the holy grail?

Join us as we discuss the many different perspectives used by artists throughout art history. We will look at one point perspective, multiple point perspective, continuing perspective, reverse perspective (inverted perspective), the 4th dimension and other ways to look at or experience the space in a work of art. Art works from different moments in times will be chosen, focussing on Western European art although references will be made to other regions in the world.

Speaker Bio:

Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff read Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam before returning to university to do an MA in Netherlandish Art at the Courtauld in London. Organizing and presenting live, online, and recorded cultural events for her own organisation Art Historical London, she also partners with other interesting platforms across the globe. She is passionate about educational causes and supports a number in her free time. Always on the move Mariska splits her time between Amsterdam and London.

Curated & Hosted by:

Lena Schattenherz Heide-Brennand is a Norwegian lecturer with a master degree in language, culture and literature from the University of Oslo and Linnaeus University. She has been lecturing and teaching various subjects since 1998. Her field of interest and main focus has always been topics that others have considered strange, eccentric and eerie, and she has specialised in a variety of dark subjects linked to folklore, mythology and Victorian traditions and medicine. Her students often point out her thorough knowledge about the subjects she is teaching, in addition to her charismatic appearance. She refers to herself as a performance lecturer and always gives her audience an outstanding experience

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Symbolism in Art: Geometrical shapes

As centuries passed, a language of symbols developed so that artists could tell stories with deeper and more intricate emphasis, instantly understandable for an audience which did not always share the same spoken language and which was often illiterate.

Ascribing symbolic and sacred meaning to certain geometric shapes and proportions has been in used since ancient times, across many cultures. Even though many of these symbols are still in use today, modern audiences have lost the ability to recognize and read them. In this lecture we will discuss shapes which have played an important role in European arts.

Speaker Bio:

Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff read Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam before returning to university to do an MA in Netherlandish Art at the Courtauld in London. Organizing and presenting live, online, and recorded cultural events for her own organisation Art Historical London, she also partners with other interesting platforms across the globe. She is passionate about educational causes and supports a number in her free time. Always on the move Mariska splits her time between Amsterdam and London.

Curated & Hosted by:

Lena Schattenherz Heide-Brennand is a Norwegian lecturer with a master degree in language, culture and literature from the University of Oslo and Linnaeus University. She has been lecturing and teaching various subjects since 1998. Her field of interest and main focus has always been topics that others have considered strange, eccentric and eerie, and she has specialised in a variety of dark subjects linked to folklore, mythology and Victorian traditions and medicine. Her students often point out her thorough knowledge about the subjects she is teaching, in addition to her charismatic appearance. She refers to herself as a performance lecturer and always gives her audience an outstanding experience

don’t worry if you miss it – we will send you a recording valid for two weeks the next day

Myths and Possibilities: Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder

This lecture delves into the fertile borderlands between reality and imagination in European art. Focusing on the period that bridges the late Middle Ages and the dawn of the Early Modern era, we will consider how artists used visual invention to explore the unknown, the wondrous, and the impossible.

At the center of our discussion stand Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder — painters whose fantastical landscapes, hybrid creatures, and teeming moral allegories continue to puzzle and fascinate viewers today. Their works conjure dreamlike realms filled with spiritual anxieties, earthly pleasures, and surreal visions that defy logical explanation. Yet these images did not arise in isolation. They are deeply rooted in medieval visual culture, from illuminated manuscripts and marginalia to theatre, folklore, and religious storytelling traditions that blurred the lines between the sacred and the strange.

Join us as we trace how these traditions shaped the visual culture of the time.

Speaker Bio:

Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff read Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam before returning to university to do an MA in Netherlandish Art at the Courtauld in London. Organizing and presenting live, online, and recorded cultural events for her own organisation Art Historical London, she also partners with other interesting platforms across the globe. She is passionate about educational causes and supports a number in her free time. Always on the move Mariska splits her time between Amsterdam and London.

Curated & Hosted by:

Lena Schattenherz Heide-Brennand is a Norwegian lecturer with a master degree in language, culture and literature from the University of Oslo and Linnaeus University. She has been lecturing and teaching various subjects since 1998. Her field of interest and main focus has always been topics that others have considered strange, eccentric and eerie, and she has specialised in a variety of dark subjects linked to folklore, mythology and Victorian traditions and medicine. Her students often point out her thorough knowledge about the subjects she is teaching, in addition to her charismatic appearance. She refers to herself as a performance lecturer and always gives her audience an outstanding experience

don’t worry if you miss it – we will send you a recording valid for two weeks the next day