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The Citadel of Machu Picchu is located north-west of Cusco at 2,430 m above sea level and is surrounded by a deep precipice. It comprises 172 buildings. Machu Picchu was built by Inca Pachacutec who was the first Inca to go beyond the Cusco Valley. It is divided into two large sectors with the urban […] |
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The Aztecs probably originated as a nomadic tribe in northern Mexico and arrived at Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century. The Aztecs were also known as the Tenochca, from which the name for their capital city, Tenochtitlan, was derived. They are also known as the Mexica, from which the name of the entire […] |
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The Maya were one of the ancient world’s most fascinating, prolific and mysterious civilisations. The Maya occupied Central America, including the southern parts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. We know about Maya’s myth of Creation because it is described in two sacred books, written by using hieroglyphs: “PopolVuh” and “Chilam Balam of Chumayel”. Dates and Locations Sunday 20 July 2025 […] |
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Explore Uzbekistan’s blend of ancient and modern, from the glittering mosques of Samarkand to the Soviet architecture of Tashkent with cultural revivalist, author and international tour leader, Chris Aslan. This presentation includes exciting opportunities to discover the Savitsky Museum’s avant-garde art collection, the revival of Islamic miniature painting in Bukhara, and the resurgence of Uzbekistan’s […] 
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (d. 1569) is probably best known for his colourful depictions of peasants making merry or toiling in the fields. He also painted religious scenes in the Netherlandish countryside. Although these works lent him the epithet, ‘Peasant Brueghel’, his work was more than just charmingly naïve. He was very much a townsman […] |
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Frans Hals is one of the best-loved painters of the Dutch Golden Age, with his Laughing Cavalier one of the highlights of the Wallace Collection. The Frans Hals Museum is in Haarlem, but the artist was born in Antwerp from which his family fled north to escape war and persecution. We know little about Hals’s […] |
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The Paracas civilisation developed between 800 BCE and 100 BCE. Paracas textiles included complex weaving techniques, elaborate plaiting and knotting. Paracas necropolises contained bodies in baskets wrapped in large cotton textiles embroidered with camelid fibres. Paracas embroideries are considered the finest ever produced in the Americas and are remarkable works of art. Designs on textiles […] 
Houses made from wool that warm in the depths of winter, carpets that tell stories, woven bands that appease ancestors, embroideries that ward off evil, and kilims that store kitchenware, with everything ready to be packed and carried on a yak or camel at a moment’s notice. The little-known nomadic textile cultures of the Kyrgyz, […] |
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder (d. 1569) is probably best known for his colourful depictions of peasants making merry or toiling in the fields. He also painted religious scenes in the Netherlandish countryside. Although these works lent him the epithet, ‘Peasant Brueghel’, his work was more than just charmingly naïve. He was very much a townsman […] |
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Explore Uzbekistan’s blend of ancient and modern, from the glittering mosques of Samarkand to the Soviet architecture of Tashkent with cultural revivalist, author and international tour leader, Chris Aslan. This presentation includes exciting opportunities to discover the Savitsky Museum’s avant-garde art collection, the revival of Islamic miniature painting in Bukhara, and the resurgence of Uzbekistan’s […] |
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In Mayan culture there was no linguistic distinction between words painting, drawing and writing. All modern Mayan languages are derived from Proto-Mayan, a language spoken at least 5,000 years ago. Mayan languages were written in hieroglyphic script which was widespread during the Classic period of Maya civilization (c. 250–900 CE). The Maya had a visually striking […] |
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‘History painting’ was a special genre for a distinct clientele in the Dutch Republic. It depicted stories from especially the Bible and Antiquity with the aim of moving the viewer. However, it could also provide an excuse for depicting the female nude. Trained in history painting by Pieter Lastman, Rembrandt gradually developed his own interpretations […] 
Chris Aslan tells his own story of working with UNESCO to establish a silk carpet workshop in the desert oasis of Khiva, Uzbekistan - the most homogenous example of Islamic architecture in the world. His work took him to the bazaars of Afghanistan to purchase natural dyes, and to the great libraries and museums of […] |
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This lecture looks at the collection in the Rijksmuseum, the building, its history and the recent 10-year renovation that brought back the splendour of architect Pierre Cuyper’s original neo-gothic decorations. Besides the art of Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh there is medieval art, jewellery, musical instruments, Asian art and even an FK23 Bantam plane […] |
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Chris Aslan tells his own story of working with UNESCO to establish a silk carpet workshop in the desert oasis of Khiva, Uzbekistan - the most homogenous example of Islamic architecture in the world. His work took him to the bazaars of Afghanistan to purchase natural dyes, and to the great libraries and museums of […]
Chris Aslan tells his own story of working with UNESCO to establish a silk carpet workshop in the desert oasis of Khiva, Uzbekistan - the most homogenous example of Islamic architecture in the world. His work took him to the bazaars of Afghanistan to purchase natural dyes, and to the great libraries and museums of […] |
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Between 1885 – 1916, Carl Fabergé made 50 jewelled eggs – Easter presents from Russia’s last two emperors to their wives. The most famous surviving symbols of the Romanov Empire, they are supreme examples of the jeweller’s art, albeit playthings of a decadent court. Given broad artistic freedom, Fabergé had to satisfy just three rules: […] |
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Love and marriage have always been a source of inspiration to authors and artists alike. One of the most famous portraits in the National Gallery is Van Eyck’s enigmatic Arnolfini Portrait, but marital depictions have a much longer history: in Ancient Egypt people chose to have themselves immortalised as loving couples. Double or pendant portraits […] |