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Ruth's Events

This page lists Ruth's events delivered for

Art Historical London and still available to watch for a small fee.

  • The Aesthetic Movement: Pursuing Beauty in 1860-1900
    The Aesthetic Movement: Pursuing Beauty in 1860-1900
    On Demand
    Online Recorded Lecture
    On Demand
    Online Recorded Lecture
    In this lecture Ruth Smith takes us through an overview of the Aesthetic Movement, introducing its main proponents, and exploring its ideas and paradoxes. Come with us on a whirlwind tour of the re-imaginings of beauty in the period 1860-1900.
  • John Singer Sargent’s Approach to Painting
    John Singer Sargent’s Approach to Painting
    On Demand
    Online Recorded Lecture
    On Demand
    Online Recorded Lecture
    Hewn with a Hatchet: this lecture examines John Singer Sargent’s painterly technique, and how he approached painting as though it were sculpture.
  • Violent Orange: Aubrey Beardsley at 114 Cambridge Street
    Violent Orange: Aubrey Beardsley at 114 Cambridge Street
    On Demand
    Online Recorded Lecture
    On Demand
    Online Recorded Lecture
    In this time of Coronavirus, the home takes center stage. Ruth Smith looks at the home of Aubrey Beardsley, which at the height of his career similarly provided a place for self-isolation due to poor health, a space and inspiration for his work, and a medium to built his artistic identity.
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