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The Bible and PaintingSymposium SpeakersThe speakers are drawn from the world of Biblical Studies and Art History: Professor John Harvey is Director of the Centre for Studies in the Visual Culture of Religion at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is an art historian and art practitioner. Dr. Martin O'Kane is Director of the Centre for the Bible and the Visual Imagination at the University of Wales, Lampeter, and lectures in Biblical Studies. Professor Cheryl Exum is Professor of Biblical Studies at Sheffield University, and has a particular interest in the interpretation of biblical characters in painting. Professor Nicholas Davey, from the Philosophy Department, Dundee University, has explored the relationship between aesthetic experience and hermeneutic thought in many of his writings and has written extensively on the hermeneutics of seeing. Professor Richard Verdi, Curator of the Barber Collection, is a leading expert on the artist Nicolas Poussin. Structure of the DayThe symposium begins at 10 am and ends at 4 pm, and is open to members of the public, students, and academics. There will be lectures followed by workshops exploring biblical paintings in the gallery, such as Stom's The Deception of Isaac, Veronese's The Visitation, and Murillo's The Marriage Feast at Cana. The Bible & Painting | Introduction | Programme | Further information and booking | How to get to the Barber Institute |
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