Reflections: Samantha Sanders – Summer 2015 (week 2)

Work/study student Samantha continues to reflect on her month on the Summer 2015 program. If you missed the first instalment of her adventures, you can read it hereContinue reading Reflections: Samantha Sanders – Summer 2015 (week 2)

Summer 2015 In Pictures – Week 2

Art History Lecture

The second week of the Rome Art program saw our students working on location in and around the St Peter’s and the Vatican, visiting the studio of Sculptor Peter Rockwell and painting on Isola Tiberina. Continue reading Summer 2015 In Pictures – Week 2

Rome’s Art History: Angelology


I confess I don’t even know how to start a blog post. Blogs are typically opinion pieces and angelology; my research field isn’t about giving one’s own opinions.

Approaching angelology from the direction of history requires factuality – as much as one can talk about factuality in the case of angels. The first rule of angelology thus remains that you don’t chit-chat about angels or else you get confused with a preacher, which might compromise the credibility of your research. Having said that, the Rome Art Program’s idea of including angels in their blog sounded charming, so I decided to give it a clumsy go.

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