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Ivories in the Portugese Empire: a new book by Professor Jean Michel Massing with Gauvin Bailey and Nuno Vassallo e Silva

14 January 2014

Ivory carving took a prime role in the art of the Portuguese empire. Originating from a broad geographical area, from the African Atlantic coast to the Chinese sea, and dating from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 19th century, these works represent a remarkable testimony to the artistic and cultural...

First ever Building History graduates

12 December 2013

On 30 November 2013 the first graduates of the MSt in Building History took their degrees, becoming, we believe, the first ever Building History graduates in the UK. If this suggestion sounds surprising, the explanation lies in the name. ‘Building History’ combines approaches to the historic built environment drawn from a...

Slade Lectures in Fine Art 2013-2014: Warfare, Beauty and belief: Innovations from the West that Changed China’s Art and Culture, 1500 BC- 1000 AD

9 December 2013

Professor Jessica Rawson

'The Making of Assisi' co-authored by Donal Cooper has been featured in the New York Times Christmas book list:

9 December 2013

For more information visit http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/holiday-gift-guide/#/?page=books&item=books51 The book was also featured on the Spectator's Christmas list .

The Department would like to thank Professor Mark Hallett, Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre, for his outstanding contribution to teaching this term

5 December 2013

Professor Hallett's Special Subject, entitled "Painting in Britain: From Hogarth to Turner", proved to be very popular amongst our Part II students this term.

The Royal Mint Launches First-Ever UK Chinese Lunar Coins designed by former student Wuon-Gean Ho

26 November 2013

British Chinese artist Wuon-Gean Ho was commissioned to create a dynamic and handsome design for the new coin. An artist of Chinese descent who was born in the UK, she works in many disciplines including printmaking, animation, performance and artist’s books. This is the first design Wuon-Gean Ho has produced for The Royal...

'Secular & Domestic: George Gilbert Scott and the Master's Lodge of St John's College, Cambridge': a new book written by graduate student Richard Butler

11 November 2013

Second-year graduate student Richard Butler has just published his first book, 'Secular & Domestic: George Gilbert Scott and the Master's Lodge of St John's College, Cambridge', an architectural history of an important Cambridge building by the prominent Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878). The book is...

Senior Lecturer Frank Salmon and Emeritus Professor David Watkin are both major contributors to 'William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain'

4 October 2013

The enormous book published to coincide with the Kent exhibition that opened in New York on 20 September and travels to the Victoria and Albert Museum next Spring. Professor Watkin's chapter discusses the houses Kent designed in London, which include No. 10 Downing Street, while Dr Salmon considers Kent's buildings for the...

'Architecture and Pilgrimage 1000-1500: Southern Europe and Beyond': a new book edited by Deborah Howard, Wendy Pullan and Paul Davies

2 October 2013

The chosen period reflects the flowering of medieval and early modern pilgrimage. The perspective is that of the pilgrim journeying within - or embarking from - Southern Europe, with a particular emphasis on Italy. The book pursues the connections between pilgrimage and architecture through the investigation of such issues...

Visit the exhibition Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: An Architectural Journey at Fitzwilliam College before it closes on 11 October

18 September 2013

Curated by Professor Richard Marks, it comprises designs, plans, photographs and models of the successive buildings designed by Lasdun, MacCormac, Allies and Morrison, Van Heyninghen and Haward and Cullinan Studio, together with filmed interviews with the architects.

Ivories in the Portugese Empire: a new book by Professor Jean Michel Massing with Gauvin Bailey and Nuno Vassallo e Silva

First ever Building History graduates

Slade Lectures in Fine Art 2013-2014: Warfare, Beauty and belief: Innovations from the West that Changed China’s Art and Culture, 1500 BC- 1000 AD

'The Making of Assisi' co-authored by Donal Cooper has been featured in the New York Times Christmas book list:

The Department would like to thank Professor Mark Hallett, Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre, for his outstanding contribution to teaching this term

The Royal Mint Launches First-Ever UK Chinese Lunar Coins designed by former student Wuon-Gean Ho

'Secular & Domestic: George Gilbert Scott and the Master's Lodge of St John's College, Cambridge': a new book written by graduate student Richard Butler

Senior Lecturer Frank Salmon and Emeritus Professor David Watkin are both major contributors to 'William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain'

'Architecture and Pilgrimage 1000-1500: Southern Europe and Beyond': a new book edited by Deborah Howard, Wendy Pullan and Paul Davies

Visit the exhibition Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: An Architectural Journey at Fitzwilliam College before it closes on 11 October

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