A Pevsner for Cork
The latest volume in the acclaimed Pevsner Architectural Guides series is devoted to Cork, Ireland’s largest and most…
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Architecture
Ernest Gimson: Past, Present & Future
Annette Carruthers, Mary Greensted and Barley Roscoe discuss the life and legacy of Ernest Gimson on the 100th…
The Explorer’s Reward: A New Pevsner Guide to Central Leinster
The fifth publication in the Buildings of Ireland series, Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly explores a broad…
Fashion
Back in Fashion: Globalisation, Luxury & Fast Fashion
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
The Age of Undress: Neoclassicism, Fashion & “Living Statues”
In this blog, art historian Amelia Rauser places women at the centre of the traditionally “stoic” and “masculine”…
A Jane Austen Christmas
The month of December sees festivities held across the globe, but in 1775 a family in Steventon, England…
Photography
Art Can Help: Spreading Hope in an Imperfect World
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
Lynda Nead explores post-war Britain, 1950s culture & The Tiger in the Smoke
To coincide with the launch of The Tiger in the Smoke by Lynda Nead – her third publication for…
Eclectic and Inclusive: Inside the Association of Art Historians Conference 2017
This year the Association of Art Historians Annual Conference will focus on inclusivity and diversity in the field…
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