Spanish Golden Age: from the glories of Medieval Islam to a Golden Age
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Begins: Wednesday 31 October 2018
Until: Wednesday 28 November 2018
(10.45am-12.45pm) - Brockway Room, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
- Lecturer: Jacqueline Cockburn
This course will unravel the extraordinary period of Spanish cultural history known as the Golden Age. It will start with a study of the exquisitely cultural Spain which had been conquered by the Moors in 711 and inhabited by them until the gradual pushback from the Christians which ended in 1492. The Catholic Kings, Ferdinand and Isabella, banished the Moors yet remnants of their culture survived and were preserved and emulated by new richer generations which found and conquered territories abroad. The Golden Age began at the same time as the Inquisition enforced its laws and the Catholic Church thrived. All this is visible in the architecture, painting and sculpture of the period.
Lectures
Week 1. Moorish Spain: Architecture and History, Córdoba Mosque
Week 2. The Reconquest and start of the Golden Age
Week 3. A New Spain: El Greco in Toledo and Spanish Still Life Painting in the Golden Age
Week 4. The Dominance of the Church: Zurbarán, Ribera, Murillo and polychrome sculpture
Week 5. A Golden Painter: Velázquez in the Kitchen in Seville and at Court in Madrid
Lecturer
Dr Jacqueline Cockburn is a specialist in Spanish Art, Literature and Language. Jacqueline has a BA in Modern Languages from Durham University, an MA in Applied Linguistics, a further BA in Art History and a PhD from the University of London in Art History and Spanish (2002). Her doctoral thesis is on Garcia Lorca’s drawings. She is Managing Director of Art and Culture Andalucia running residential courses in Andalucía, Southern Spain in the art and culture of the region. She is a guest lecturer for Christie’s Education, lectures at the V&A, The Royal Academy, The Art Fund and a range of other institutions.
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