'Objectifying Ageing' at the Barber Institute

Thursday 15 April 2021, 17.00 - 18.30

 

As part of the Association for Art History’s annual conference we invite you to an online session of conversation, sharing and reading art from the perspective of depicting old age. 

Join Art Educator Jon Sleigh to explore the idealisation in art of the elderly as ‘sweet’, ‘charming’ or ‘cute’ and consider if ageing in art can be more than chocolate box Victorian sweetness.   We’ll consider tender, dignified and real images of what it means to age through an exploration of two paintings in the Barber’s collection, Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn’s An Old Warrior and Nestor Cambier’s Portrait Of Mrs Harriet Onions.

This online session will be hosted over Zoom, allowing participant feedback and discussion. This event will be recorded.



This free event must be pre-booked with the Barber Institute to attend. Details about how to pre-book can be found in your delegate emails.

To access this event on the day, follow the link and instructions you will have received from the Barber Institute when booking
 


 

 


 

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