Dr Laurence Shafe

#art #arthistory #history
My aim is to cover the history of Western art from cave painting to Jeff Koons and to provide detailed explanatory notes with background information and references.

I took a degree in art history and a masters at the Courtauld in nineteenth-century French and British art before completing a doctorate at the University of Bristol. I am now a guide at the Tate and my aim with these talks is to entertain and educate while guiding you round the history of Western art. I discuss the background to each artwork including the artist's biography and the artistic, cultural and political influences.

Each person will bring their own feelings and knowledge to their appreciation of a work of art and I hope I can add to that knowledge in order to increase your appreciation to show you how much fun art history can be.

Laurence