Art History Lecture Series

No Wealth But Life: Inspiring the Pre-Raphaelites

Friday 11 May – Friday 15 June

10.15am-12.15pm

Abington Park Museum

Our seventh art history lecture series returns to highlight some of the most popular works in Northampton Museums and Art Gallery’s collection. The fusion of realistic depiction of the natural world with dreamlike sequences from religion and mythology created by the Pre-Raphaelite artists has long held the fascination of their audience. This lecture series, presented by ProArtium (art historians Dr Conny Bailey, Dr Miriam Gill and Dr Ellie Pridgeon), will explore the different inspirations that underpin the creation of some of the world’s most recognisable images through the works of Edward Burne Jones, William Holman Hunt and John William Inchbold.

Friday 11 May - A brush with chivalry: Arthurian mythology and the Pre-Raphaelites

Artwork: Sir Lancelot and The Chapel Of The Holy Grail – Edward Burne-Jones

Speaker: Dr Conny Bailey

Location: Abington Park Museum

Friday 18 May - The mobile easel: The journeys of Pre-Raphaelite artists and their followers

Artwork: The Water Mill for Triumph of the Innocents – William Holman Hunt

Speaker: Dr Conny Bailey

Location: Abington Park Museum

Friday 25 May - Renaissance man: Edward Burne Jones and his Italian journeys

Artwork: Study of Woman’s Head of Medusa – Edward Burne Jones

Speaker: Dr Conny Bailey

Location: Abington Park Museum

Friday 8 June - Nature’s glory: John Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelite landscape

Artwork: Bolton Abbey/The Chapel, Bolton – John William Inchbold

Speaker: Dr Ellie Pridgeon

Location: Abington Park Museum

Friday 15 June - Gloria in Excelsis: Religiosity in the works of William Holman Hunt

Artwork: The Vision of the Shepherds (also called Gloria in Excelsis) – William Holman Hunt

Speaker: Dr Miriam Gill

Location: Abington Park Museum

£6 per lecture

or £25 for the whole series can be purchased here

Includes light refreshments

Book online or by calling 01604 838110