History of
Art students enjoy a Study Day at Tate Britain
Year 12 and
13 Art Historians visited Tate Britain
for the Association of Art Historians’ Schools Conference on Friday 6th
November 2009. The conference theme was Gender,
nationality and ethnicity as this is one of the examination board’s
themes at AS Level.
The girls
listened to a wide range of speakers discuss
the work of the photographer Lee Miller, the connection between Giles Gilbert
Scott’s telephone boxes and the philosopher Roger Scruton, the propaganda
sculptures of Alexander the Great, and a contemporary art installation composed
of crystals.
A long break in the programme at lunch enabled the girls to visit the Turner Prize for contemporary British
art as well as the Turner and the Masters
exhibition, which displays JMW Turner’s paintings with the old masters he
studied. After the conference, we had
time to visit the evening opening of the National Gallery to examine at first
hand several works covered at AS and A2.
To visit the History of Art Department page click <here>.