Romanesque Floors: images and uses
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Monday 10 October 2022
(6pm) - The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AT
- Lecturer: Richard Plant
The survival of the practice of making mosaic floors from the late-antique period into the Romanesque is often overlooked, partly because we sometimes don’t look down, partly because it is a fragile medium. There are however surprising survivals in format and images, and artistry aside are fascinating in their sometimes bizarre, sometimes cosmic imagery. This talk will provide a brief overview of some of the more notable examples of each.
Lecturer
Dr Richard Plant is an architectural historian and lecturer specialising primarily in the Middle Ages with a strong interest in the modern. He studied English Literature at Cambridge before going on to do his MA and then PhD at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has taught at a number of institutions, and was Deputy Academic Director at Christie’s Education. He has published on English and German architecture and has contributed to the British Archaeological Association’s International Romanesque conferences and co-edited the proceedings. He is currently Secretary of the BAA.
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