Elizabeth to Elizabeth: Four Centuries of British Art

DISCOVERY DAY

Elizabeth to Elizabeth: Four Centuries of British Art

Thursday 30th March 2023

When Elizabeth I came to the throne, England was an artistic backwater when compared to the rest of Europe. In the turbulent centuries which followed, with Civil War, Industrial Revolution, the rise of Empire and two World Wars, British art developed and changed until, by the end of the reign of Elizabeth II, it is now prominent in the international avant-garde.

Lecturer: Valerie Woodgate