Step back in time to the Italian Renaissance and bask in some of the finest altarpieces in the world. Leonardo da Vinci, Masaccio, Filippino Lippi, Botticelli, Crivelli - these are just a few names that grace the walls of the National Gallery. To get ourselves into the festive spirit, join art historian Anna Warrilow as she guides you through the Christmas story and explores how the Renaissance artists so skillfully captured light, faith and beauty in their work.

Anna Warrilow is an art historian and lecturer. She studied for her BA in History of Art & Italian at the University of Sussex and has an MA in Renaissance Decorative Arts & Design at the Royal College of Art.

Anna worked for 6 years as a curator in the Sculpture Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum and has also worked as a private assistant to the Henry Moore Family – managing their private collection as well as in museums abroad. She is also an undergraduate lecturer in The History of London at The American University, London.