Paris 1924: Sport, art and the body

Chris Young Co-curator and Professor of German and curator
Caroline Vout Professor of Classics at Cambridge introduce a topical exhibition at the Fitzwilliam museum

Cambridge Arts Round Up Episode 57

In this edition Simon Bertin visits the curators of the Paris 1924 Sport, Art and the body exhibition celebrating the 1924 Olympics at the Fitzwilliam museum which runs through until November and has plenty of riveting material to offer as well as interesting social comparisons with the Olympic games we’ve just been witnessing.

I’ll also encounter medieval historian Katie Hawks to talk about the relevance of our past and how life in the medieval era shaped much of our cultural assets.

Images from Paris 1924 Sport, Art and the body exhibition celebrating the 1924 Olympics

FRANCE – AUGUST 06: Grease coated Olympic swimmer Gertrude Ederle wades into the water on her way to becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel, which she did in 14 hours and 31 minutes, breaking the previous men’s record. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Helen Wills. 1927. Wire and wood, 13 1/4″ x 17″ x 8″. Calder Foundation, New York; Mary Calder Rower Bequest, 2011.

Johnny Weissmuller

Mrs Helen Wills Moody

Poster
Paris – 1924 Jeux Olympiques
Hachard & Cie; Droit, Jean
Paris
ca 1924
Colour lithograph

Collections items at Anglesey Abbey

Medieval historian Katie Hawks has recently finished a PHD on Merton Priory in Cambridegshire and directs St Radegund’s voices medieval choir. She’s taught history in local schools and to University undergraduates and she takes us on a journey of how diverse life and art was in the age of Jeffrey Chaucer and Guy of Merton.

Katie Hawks on Loose Canons – runaways, renegades and reconciliation in Austin priories

‘History’ and ‘story’ come from the same word, historia, and I’m going to tell you the stories of various religious women and men – interesting and entertaining stories, but hopefully ones from which we can draw what we’d call historical conclusions Click here .loose canons

Listen to the podcast Cambridge Arts Round Up Episode 57

Paris 1924: Sport, art and the body

Chris Young Co-curator and Professor of German and curator Caroline Vout Professor of Classics at Cambridge introduce a topical exhibition at the Fitzwilliam museum

Chris Young Co-curator and Professor of German and curator
Caroline Vout Professor of Classics at Cambridge introduce a topical exhibition at the Fitzwilliam museum