GETTING THE DRIFT : SNOW IN THE HISTORY OF ART.
A Christmas-themed lecture about snow in art history which has a lot to tell us about the many emotions that snow provokes. In European art, snow arrived relatively recently, with Bruegel’s The Hunters in the Snow (1565) the first serious, large-scale consideration of snow’s joyousness, terror, and spirituality. This lagged some way behind China where landscapists, informed by Daoist attitudes to the sanctity of nature, had meditated on winter scenes several hundred years previously.
How to book this event:
Lectures are free to members, £10 for visitors.
All visitors are welcome.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Mr Matthew Wilson
Secret symbols, Nazi-fighting, cultural love affairs, the ‘nude’, snowmen, and artistic espionage are among the diverse interests of art historian Matthew Wilson. Matthew studied History of Art at the Courtauld Institute and is an author, lecturer, and educator. As a freelance journalist he writes for numerous publications including BBC Culture, The Spectator, The Economist and Aesthetica Magazine. He has written two books on symbolism – ‘Symbols in Art’ (Thames & Hudson, 2020) and ‘The Hidden Language of Symbols’ (Thames & Hudson 2022) and his latest book – a introductory guide to art history – is due for publication in September 2023.
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