Art in Miniature - Day 4 | The Arts Society

The Nightingale and the Pearl: The Russian Arts in Miniature with Arts Society accredited lecturer Dr Rosamund Bartlett

This day of lectures will explore the exquisite craftsmanship embodied in the world of the Russian miniature in all its artistic forms. Ranging from medieval icons to matryoshka dolls, enamel work, folk songs and the avant-garde artist's book, we will examine the Russian arts from an unusual angle which takes us into the heart of their extraordinary beauty.

In venue (Winchester) and online via Zoom

Part of the 2025 Jean Bolton Memorial Study Course. Also booking:

Thursday 30th October 2025 - Small is Beautiful: The Art of the Miniaturist in the Middle Ages with Dr Sally Dormer
Friday 7th November 2025 - Precious, Portable, Private: Miniature Art in the Renaissance with Dr Paula Nuttall
Friday 14th November 2025 - Art in Miniature in the 17th and 18th Centuries with Clare Ford-Wille
Friday 28th November 2025 - Worlds in Miniature – the Microcosm in 19th-Century Art with Dr Kathy McLauchlan

How to book this event:

Bookings for the 2025 Jean Bolton Memorial Study course will open on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.

Price: £35 per day in venue, to include coffee/tea, light lunch with wine or soft drinks; £15 per session for online attendees

For more information go to: https://theartssocietyhantsiowarea.org.uk/Special/Special.aspx

Tickets: https://buytickets.at/theartssocietyhampshireandisleofwightarea

Contact the organiser if required at: hampshireisleofwightarea@theartssociety.org

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Dr Rosamund Bartlett

Rosamund Bartlett a writer, lecturer and translator whose work as a cultural historian ranges across the arts. She completed her doctorate at Oxford and is the author of several books, including biographies of Chekhov and Tolstoy, and a study of Wagner's influence in Russia. She is currently writing a history of the Russian avant-garde. Her new translation of Anna Karenina for Oxford World’s Classics was published to acclaim in 2014. She has written on art, music and literature for publications such as The Daily Telegraph and Apollo, and received commissions from institutions including the Royal Opera House, Tate UK, and the Salzburg Festival. Her lecturing work has taken her from the V&A and the National Theatre in London to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, and she contributes regularly to Proms events and opera broadcasts on the BBC.