Audio downloads of the
Lady Lever and
Walker Art Galleries' December artwork of the month talks are now online. At the Walker, Curator of British paintings
Alex Kidson took a look at Henry Fuseli's 'The Death of Oedipus' (
mp3/
transcript/
links). Fuseli's painting portrays a scene from the Sophocles play 'Oedipus at Colonus'.At the Lady Lever, Dr Paul O'Keeffe gave a seasonal talk on 'The Annunciation' by Edward Burne-Jones (
mp3/
transcript/
links). Paul discusses buying a bible and concordance, the connections between Eve and Mary, original sin, the V&A exhibition 'Renaissance domestic life in Italy', the model and her famous daughters, the history of the Grosvenor Gallery, Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Patience', Oscar Wilde, William Morris and Clause 8 of the Trust deed of the Lady Lever collection.
