Nikola Lindenberg
My identify is Nikola Lindenberg, I come from Norway, and I’m a present scholar Graduate Diploma scholar at The Courtauld.
My preliminary encounter with artwork historical past got here as a younger little one, going by my dad and mom’ library and on the lookout for books that caught my curiosity. On the time I used to be possible on the lookout for books with illustrations, so naturally the books that had a deal with artwork historical past drew me in essentially the most.
Rising up, I used to be at all times surrounded by artwork. My dad and mom usually organised museum visits, took me to the theatre, classical music concert events and the opera, so I’ve come to think about the enjoyment within the arts part of my on a regular basis life, one thing I couldn’t reside with out. Later, I accomplished a grasp’s diploma in media research, with a selected deal with movie aesthetics, and went on to work as a author, working in advertising and content material administration. However I used to be at all times hopeful I might discover a technique to make my engagement with artwork not solely a pastime, however a calling. This result in my choice to, after nearly a decade {of professional} growth, obtained again to highschool to check historical past of artwork.
I’ve at all times been conscious of The Courtauld Institute of Artwork, thought my enjoyment of The Courtauld Gallery on my journeys to London. On the identical time, by my most up-to-date expertise working at a recent artwork gallery, I made quite a few associates and acquaintances who had studied on the Institute, and had solely essentially the most fantastic impressions and experiences to share about their time there.
This previous yr spent learning historical past of artwork as a part of the Graduate Diploma program at The Courtauld has been extremely illuminating in addition to difficult. I welcomed the chance to find new elements of the sphere, have interaction with the spectacular and immensely giving educational workers of professors, lecturers and educating assistants who’ve made me really feel really embraced and seen, each as a scholar and a fellow artwork historical past nerd. That’s one thing I discovered most spectacular over the course of this system, discovering real pleasure within the openness I’ve encountered and the stimulating discussions I’ve had in and outdoors of sophistication, in addition to the sense of neighborhood being a part of The Courtauld creates.
The Graduate Diploma has stimulated my curiosity for the sphere by turning into deeply immersed in this system, sharpened my imaginative and prescient of the analysis subjects I plant to sort out as I proceed my research, and helped me form the questions I want to discover solutions to throughout the huge subject of historical past of artwork within the years to come back. It has additionally given me the chance to fulfill, have conversations with and construct relationships with fellow researchers who share my ardour for the sphere of artwork historical past, one thing that’s of utmost significance to me.
