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lectures during the season
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:
Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 September 2007
AUSTRALIAN
ART – AN OVERVIEW
from native aboriginal
art through the journey from colony to nation, the sometime art critic of the
Sunday Times and editor of the National Art Collection Fund quarterly review
gives an authoritative review of
Marina Vaizey
THE
The
architecture and social history of buildings which have been central to local
communities for so much of British history and encapsulate national trends.
This lecture enriches the casual visit to local churches and shows how
rewarding church recording can be.
Jane Kelsall
FROM BLOOD AND SAWDUST TO LYCRA
A light-hearted
romp through the history of design over the last two centuries. The medium used
is that of Renee Lalique, Charles Eames, Charles Renee Mackintosh and Philippe
Starck - plastics. From horn and gutta-percha, celluloid, bakelite and resins
to current artistic practice, extensively illustrated with slides of objects
from all round the world.
Colin Williamson
GARDENS OF GOODLY DELIGHT – ELIZABETHAN AND
Arbours,
pergolas and “bowers of bliss” delighted the Elizabethans and Jacobeans, who
also created knot gardens, mazes and topiary. Collectors of rare plants were
rivalled by extravagant design, crazes for statuary, water features and
eventually grottoes.
David Bostwick
MARY MAGDALENE – A CHARACTER ASSASSINATION IN ART
The
Da Vinci Code and other more historical sources are rehabilitating Mary
Magdelene but sixth century Pope Gregory’s mislabelling of her as a reformed
prostitute inspired some of the most sensuous paintings in Christian art. Principal
Lecturer for NADFAS/University of
Geri Parlby
Wednesday 26,
GREAT
Since
the Velvet Revolution of 1989, it has become possible to enjoy the
extraordinary artistic legacy of the Czech Republic - mediaeval castles
dramatically perched on rocky hilltops, beautiful courtyard houses in the
Renaissance style, sumptuous Baroque palaces, delicate Rococo pleasure
pavilions, and chaste Neo-classical interiors, contrasting with the romantic
fantasies of the Gothic Revival.
Barbara Peacock
MARITIME ANTIQUES
Well
known antiques expert delves into the unusual and unknown in our great maritime
tradition spanning centuries of high drama on the seas.
Paul Atterbury
Wednesday 28,
FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
A
lecture anticipating the centenary of the birth of artist in 2009, when major
retrospective exhibitions will be held, and covering his life, works and
techniques. Claimed as the most
significant British painter of the 20th century and possibly ever,
his work has also been described as nihilistic and ugly. One of the few artists
who continued to develop the figurative tradition, he pushed the genre to the
limit.
Linda Smith
THE
ART OF CAPTAIN COOK’S VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY
A talk featuring the official artists on Captain Cook’s remarkable voyages.
Striking and awe-inspiring images of the South
James Taylor
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