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Focus on: iconography

A three-session online introduction to the signs and symbols in medieval and Renaissance painting.

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Online
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City Lit

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Rogier van der Weyden's The Magdalen Reading, a woman in green reading a book beside an ointment jar.

About this course

Ever wondered whether a painting has a hidden meaning? This short course introduces the iconographic language of medieval, Renaissance and Old Master painting: the symbols and compositional devices artists used to give their audiences particular messages, and how to find and read them today.