Close Encounters of the Animal Kind
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Location
The Sainsbury Wing Theatre
National Gallery Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DN United KingdomRefund Policy
Description
When is a cat just a cat? Certainly not at the National Gallery, where animals in paintings hold a range of meanings and are particularly significant for what they tell us about ourselves.
Join National Gallery experts to hear about the rich history of animal symbolism in Western art from the Renaissance to the present day, in works by artists such as Uccello, di Cosimo, Titian, Hogarth, Stubbs and Rousseau.
From paintings of dragons to unicorns and ordinary animals, like cats, dogs and horses, we’ll explore how artists have responded to man’s complex and changing relationship with the natural world.
Tickets: £25 per person (lunches & refreshments not provided).
Programme
11.00 am Christina Bradstreet, Courses and Events Programmer
Welcome
11.05am Katy Tarbard
The Language of animals in Art: If they could squeak and squawk and speak and talk to us?
11.35am Belle Smith
Animals in Dutch art: Reflections on human behaviour
12.05pm Christina Bradstreet
A mindful look: Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair
12.35pm Morning speakers
Q&A discussion
12.55pm Lunch (not provided)
2.20pm Fiona Alderton
Mythical beasts
2.55pm Talita Jenman
Unicorns in art
3.25pm Afternoon speakers
Discussion
3.45pm Ian McCannah, Chair, The Third Age Trust
Close
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