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Focus on: iconography

A three-session online introduction to the signs and symbols in medieval and Renaissance painting.

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City Lit
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Rogier van der Weyden's The Magdalen Reading, a woman in green reading a book beside an ointment jar.

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  1. 4Wed, Nov 2026This date
  2. 11Wed, Nov 202611:00 am to 1:00 pm
  3. 18Wed, Nov 202611:00 am to 1:00 pm

About this course

Ever wondered whether a painting has a hidden meaning? This short course introduces the iconographic language of medieval, Renaissance and Old Master painting: the symbols and compositional devices artists used to give their audiences particular messages, and how to find and read them today.

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