ANITA CHOWDRY . ART & EDUCATION

CITYLIT ART HISTORY COURSES

Academic Year September 2023 - July 2024

CityLit Adult Education Institute in London

1-10 Keeley Street

London WC2B 4BA

One of the oldest adult education institutions in London, the CityLit has a venerable history of offering comprehensive, affordable and democratic education to all comers, regardless of age or background. The course fees are subsidised with government funding, with additional concessions available to those who are eligible.


I have been an Art History tutor at the CityLit since 2017; my main concentration is on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World, with a wider focus  including cultures of the East and their interactions with the West.

Spring Term and Summer Term

January - May 2024

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ARTS OF THE EMPIRE BUILDERS:

TIMURIDS, SAFAVIDS & MUGHALS

11-week online course starting 11th January - 28th March

Thursdays, 2.00 pm. - 4.00 pm. GMT

11 Online sessions (over twelve weeks with half term holiday)

Full Fee: £239.00, Senior Fee: £191.00, Concessions: £155.00

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    Tiled entrance to a shrine at Shai-i Zinda necropolis, Samarqand

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    Black nephrite jade sword guard (quillion), early Timurid, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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    Iskandar Sultan's illuminated horoscope, Shiraz, 1411 CE. 

    Wellcome Collection MS. Persian 474

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    The Simorgh rescues Zal, Shah Nama Illustration , Safavid, 1585 CE.

    Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.

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    Detail of Safavid brocaded silk loom-width with gold lamella ground, Isfahan, early 1600s.V&A, London

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    Cobalt blue slipware plate, Safavid, early 1600s, V&A London

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    Marble pierced screens (jhali) viewed from interior of tomb of Salim Chishti at Fatehpur Sikri, India. 

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    Portrait of Shah Jahan by Chitarman, Shah Jahan Album, Mughal 1627 - 28, Metropolitan Museum of art, New York.

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A comprehensive introduction to Patronage under the

Timurid, Safavid and Mughal Dynasties


In this visually stunning and well-resourced core-subject course, we present an overview of the inter-connected material and visual culture of the Imperial courts of Central Asia, Iran, and India during the 15th - 17th centuries, looking at the development of Architecture, the Arts of the Book, and the Decorative Arts under key patrons of the Timurid, Safavid and Mughal dynasties, and the formation of their imperial workshops at prominent centres of the arts.

We shall also examine the cross-fertilization of ideas through cultural, diplomatic, and sometimes hostile interactions between three powers and with Western Europe, referencing documentary sources including accounts by European visitors to the Royal Courts of the Empires. 

Unmissable if you want to enjoy a unique and exciting introduction

to the Arts of the Islamic World.



 ANITA CHOWDRY IS AN EXPERIENCED ART HISTORY LECTURER,
OFFERING PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND COURSES IN SPECIALIST SUBJECTS.
ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE HIRE, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

  What past students have commented:


"It was outstanding - excellent tutor - so interesting, knowledgeable, engaging".


"The tutor and course were both outstanding".


"The resources were beautiful to look at and  very informative too".

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