To be held on: Wednesday 21 January
How does a mere mortal go about creating an image of a heavenly being? Across religions and centuries artists have sought to make spiritual messengers, protectors and protagonists visible through their skill and imagination. In Christian iconography, angels have been visualised in a myriad of different ways – Leonardo da Vinci depicts the Angel Gabriel with the realistic wings of a bird while, in contrast, a few years later, Raphael paints a pair of pensive toddlers. Van Eyck’s angels sing and play musical instruments while in the work of William Blake, they appear like phantoms in both poems and pictures.
Sarah Burles
Sarah Burles studied History of Art at Cambridge University before doing a master’s degree at University College London. She went on to have a career in museum and gallery education, establishing new services in three different museums before working at the Fitzwilliam Museum for many years. Sarah is the founder of Cambridge Art Tours, which runs tours and courses in and around East Anglia, as well as online. She is a Tour Director for an award winning travel company and has led tours to Italy, France, Germany, Belgium and America. Sarah became an Arts Society accredited lecturer in 2021 and, since then, has given lectures and run study days for Arts Societies throughout the UK, as well as in Germany, Holland and New Zealand.