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    History of Art: Slade Lecture Series

    The Slade Lectures, which were founded in pursuance of the will of Felix Slade in 1869, focused on art historical topics, as they continue to do so today. John Ruskin delivered his first lecture as the Slade Professor of Fine Art in 1870. The Slade Professorship in conjunction with the University's museums, libraries and college collections helped to foster a wider interest in the history of art. Find out more about past Slade Lectures on the History of Art Department homepage: https://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
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    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 6: Organicism: National Energy and Natural Flux

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 6: Organicism: National Energy and Natural Flux
    Sixth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. Richard Thomson, Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh, gave the Slade Lectures 2009 in naturalism and style in early Third Republic France. This series of podcasts has been released to coincide with the publication of Professor Thomson's book on this subject: Art of the Actual: Naturalism and Style in Early Third Republic France, 1880-1900.

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 5: The 'Populaire': Identifying or Imagining Art from Below

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 5: The 'Populaire': Identifying or Imagining Art from Below
    Fifth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. Richard Thomson, Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh, gave the Slade Lectures 2009 in naturalism and style in early Third Republic France. This series of podcasts has been released to coincide with the publication of Professor Thomson's book on this subject: Art of the Actual: Naturalism and Style in Early Third Republic France, 1880-1900.

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 4: The Caricatural: Visual Humour and Subversive Style

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 4: The Caricatural: Visual Humour and Subversive Style
    Fourth lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. Richard Thomson, Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh, gave the Slade Lectures 2009 in naturalism and style in early Third Republic France. This series of podcasts has been released to coincide with the publication of Professor Thomson's book on this subject: Art of the Actual: Naturalism and Style in Early Third Republic France, 1880-1900.

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 3: Naturalism: Flexibility or Failure of Style?

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 3: Naturalism: Flexibility or Failure of Style?
    Third lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. Richard Thomson, Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh, gave the Slade Lectures 2009 in naturalism and style in early Third Republic France. This series of podcasts has been released to coincide with the publication of Professor Thomson's book on this subject: Art of the Actual: Naturalism and Style in Early Third Republic France, 1880-1900.

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 2: Naturalism at the Service of the Republic

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 2: Naturalism at the Service of the Republic
    Second lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. Richard Thomson, Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh, gave the Slade Lectures 2009 in naturalism and style in early Third Republic France. This series of podcasts has been released to coincide with the publication of Professor Thomson's book on this subject: Art of the Actual: Naturalism and Style in Early Third Republic France, 1880-1900.

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 1: Defining the Dominant Naturalism

    Slade Lectures 2009: Week 1: Defining the Dominant Naturalism
    First lecture from the series "Style versus the State: Naturalism and Avant-gardism in Third Republic France, 1880-1900" given by Professor Richard Thomson as part of the annual Slade Art Lectures. Richard Thomson, Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh, gave the Slade Lectures 2009 in naturalism and style in early Third Republic France. This series of podcasts has been released to coincide with the publication of Professor Thomson's book on this subject: Art of the Actual: Naturalism and Style in Early Third Republic France, 1880-1900.

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 8: Walking distance from the studio: cities, maps, and myths

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 8: Walking distance from the studio: cities, maps, and myths
    Eighth and final Slade Lecture in Surrealism and Art History given by Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory at Essex University on 10th March 2010. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collector and philanthropist Felix Slade, with studentships also created in the University of London.

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 7: Transnational Surrealism: Tropiques and the role of the little magazine

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 7: Transnational Surrealism: Tropiques and the role of the little magazine
    Seventh lecture in the Slade lecture series on Surrealism and Art History given by Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory at Essex University on 3rd March 2010. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collector and philanthropist Felix Slade, with studentships also created in the University of London.

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 6: Monuments and ruins: Surrealism and archaeology in the New World

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 6: Monuments and ruins: Surrealism and archaeology in the New World
    Sixth lecture in the Slade lecture series on Surrealism and Art given by Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory at Essex University on 24th February 2010. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collector and philanthropist Felix Slade, with studentships also created in the University of London.

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 5: Poetry, politics, and sexuality: Surrealism in Latin America

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 5: Poetry, politics, and sexuality: Surrealism in Latin America
    Fifth lecture in the Slade lecture series given by Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory at Essex University in Surrealism and Art History on 17th February 2010. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collector and philanthropist Felix Slade, with studentships also created in the University of London.

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 4: The experimental demonstration of critical paranoia: Salvador Dalí's The Tragic Myth of Millet's Angelus

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 4: The experimental demonstration of critical paranoia: Salvador Dalí's The Tragic Myth of Millet's Angelus
    Fourth Slade lecture from Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory at Essex University, given on 10th February 2010. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collector and philanthropist Felix Slade, with studentships also created in the University of London.

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 3: Beyond art: 'the enemy within', Georges Bataille and Documents

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 3: Beyond art: 'the enemy within', Georges Bataille and Documents
    Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory at Essex University, gives the third lecture in the Slade lecture series on Surrealism and Art History. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collector and philanthropist Felix Slade, with studentships also created in the University of London. Please see the following link to the Southbank's Undercover Surrealism Exhibition from 2006 - http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/minisites/docs2/undercover/

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 2: Beyond painting: collage, objects, installations

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 2: Beyond painting: collage, objects, installations
    Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory at Essex University gives the second Slade lecture in Surrealism and Art History on 27th January 2010. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collector and philanthropist Felix Slade, with studentships also created in the University of London.

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 1: Automatism and chance: Surrealist strategies and their legacies in contemporary art and film

    Slade Lectures 2010: Week 1: Automatism and chance: Surrealist strategies and their legacies in contemporary art and film
    Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory at Essex University, gives the first Slade lecture in Surrealism and Art History on 20th January 2010. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collector and philanthropist Felix Slade, with studentships also created in the University of London.