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This lecture tells the multifaceted Ukrainian story through the shared culture which binds its diverse people together, including the sacred art and architecture of Kyiv inherited from Byzantium, the rich legacy of the Cossacks, and a treasury of poetry, painting and song. We will also look at the key role played by folk culture in the years before Ukraine’s emergence as an independent nation, whether “red icons” on glass or the country’s remarkable embroidery tradition, which had a surprising influence on avant-garde art.
Rosamund Bartlett a writer, lecturer and translator whose work as a cultural historian ranges across the arts.
