Summer Students Enjoy Interactive Art Introduction
22/06/2010
Art History 103 class visiting Hinemihi Lodge
During Summer 1, students from Art History 103, Introduction to Art Across Cultures, enjoyed teaching and learning sessions with Dr. Judith Carmel-Arthur. Various themes were discussed including, world art, the concepts of primitivism and orientalism and artefacts from the colonial period. Students also had the opprtunity to visit a number of related sites in and around London.
The term opened with a class day out to the new Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art at the Victoria & Albert Museum and also included a study trip to the Islamic style Leighton House in Holland Park.
Other study outings included, a morning examining sculptures on display in the Kingdom of Ife exhibition on African art at the British Museum; a visit to Dorich House in Kingston, the home and studio of British sculptress, Dora Gordine, where a private tour and lecture were given by the Curator, Brenda Martin; an afternoon at the National Trust's Clandon Park site of a Maori meeting house (Hinemihi Lodge) brought to England in the 19th Century by the Earls of Onslow.
Class member, Mohammadreza Hosseinzadeh, was delighted with the visits commenting that, "It was an extremely intriguing class which really does what it says - exploring art across cultures." Fellow student, Sumrit Chhabra, added, "I learned a lot. The class helped me understand the correct meaning of the art on display."
Students at the Dorich House in Kingston with curator Brenda Martin
Students at the Clandon House, West Clandon
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