GV Art & Mind Symposium #28 | Professor John Onians | Monday 15 May 2017, 7pm

GV Art & Mind Symposium #28

Professor John Onians, European Art: a neuroarthistory

Monday 15 May 2017, 7pm

Please note our new venue for this event – The India Club, 143 The Strand, London WC2R 1JA

Please RSVP to garry.kennard@btopenworld.com

Advance booking essential

Cost £21.00 per person, please bring cash on the night.

A Indian buffet dinner will be provided (plenty for vegetarians), bring your own drinks (The India Club does not sell wine).

Professor John Onians,  will talk about his new and ground breaking book is European Art: a neuroarthistory and he will be discussing this at our Symposium. This is an event not to be missed for all those interested in the themes that Art and Mind has been exploring since its inception.

John Onians, FSA (born 1942) is Professor Emeritus of World Art at the University of East Anglia, Norwich and specialised in architecture, especially the architectural theory of the Italian Renaissance; painting, sculpture and architecture in Ancient Greece and Rome; Byzantine art, material culture, metaphor and thought; perception and cognition, and the biological basis of art. His recent work has been instrumental in the establishment of Neuroarthistory as a distinct set of methodologies.

After the presentation there will follow a an open floor discussion.