Artistic and Sacred Uses
Thursday July 26
Where has all the Gold gone? The development of painting in the Italian Renaissance
Lecture with images of renaissance paintings that allows us to follow the transformation of the backgrounds from the archetypal gold of the heavenly world through blues to the muted and seemingly dull grey’s of individual portraits. Where has the gold gone? Has it been lost or transformed? Can we find a hint in the art works of the beginning of the Consciousness Soul epoch that can help with a sense for our own times.
Ken Smith trained in Visual Arts and Sculpture at Emerson College, England. He taught at the Hereford Waldorf School in England before returning to Emerson College as Course Leader of the Visual Arts. He now lives in New Zealand with his wife and children running courses and undertaking commissions from the Red Earth Studio. He is a Course Carrier at Taruna, Havelock North and contributes to the Bay Area center for Waldorf Teacher Training, San Francisco. Ken has been part of the Christian Community both in Forest Row, England and NZ and has been a helper at the CC summer camp.