Dana Josephson gives a talk for the Marks of Genius Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries series.

Marks on canvas, stone, wood and paper: the Genius of the Bodleian Portrait Collection

The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library - the Bodleian Library - which has been a legal deposit library for 400 years; as well as 28 other libraries across Oxford including major research libraries and faculty, department and institute libraries. Together, the Libraries hold more than 12 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals and outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera. Members of the public can explore the collections via the Bodleian’s online image portal at digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk or by visiting the exhibition galleries in the Bodleian's Weston Library. For more information, visit www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

Share Marks on canvas, stone, wood and paper: the Genius of the Bodleian Portrait Collection

Sign up to save your podcasts

Marks on canvas, stone, wood and paper: the Genius of the Bodleian Portrait Collection

Marks on canvas, stone, wood and paper: the Genius of the Bodleian Portrait Collection

More shows like The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)

General Philosophy

Quantum Mechanics

Anthropology

Philosophy for Beginners

Approaching Shakespeare

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

The Secrets of Mathematics

Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast