In this study, we shall be examining the visual themes which he shaped and the contexts in which he placed them in order to understand how, and for what reasons, identities can be created. We shall have the opportunity to visit the lower Stour valley to examine the ways in which Constable's places have been presented to a travelling public. In preparation for this component of the module, you should visit the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to see works of Constable at first hand. The Ecclesiastical heritage This week, we shall be considering the presentation of churches to the public. The centre of our work will be King's College Chapel, one of the most significant late medieval churches in Europe.
Churches pose heritage problems in a highly specialised form.
In King's College Chapel, we might expect to find particularly sophisticated solutions to this dilemma. You should have visited the Chapel before the class. Try to construct an outline of the building on the basis of the information provided inside the Chapel itself. Preliminary reading The Chapel bookshop sells brief guides to both the history of the building and to the stained glass windows. Weeks 11 and 12 Group presentations To return to the Heritage Studies as Applied History Index page, click this image.