Programme
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LECTURES
All meetings are held on Wednesdays at 10.30am in Potten End Village Hall.
Coffee is served 10.00 - 10.20am.
Visitors and Associate Members are welcome on prior application to the Secretary.
A donation is welcome.
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Programme for 2007/08
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2007 |
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Wednesday, 26th September |
The Poetry in the Picture
Ways that artists from Breughel to Freud, and writers from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney, have responded to literature (mostly poetry) and art. |
John Iddon
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Wednesday, 31st October |
The Mosaics of Ravenna
Ravenna, with its cluster of 5th and 6th Century churches and baptisteries, contains some of the finest examples of early Christian art, and a kaleidoscopic array of glittering wall mosaics. |
Jane Angelini
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Wednesday, 28th November |
A Christmas Anthology of Art, Music and Painting
An assembly of painting, sculptures, music, literature and photography to celebrate Christmas.
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Brian Cairns
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2008 |
Wednesday, 30th January |
Frederic Lord Leighton
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Jane Kelsall
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Wednesday, 27th February |
Masterpieces, Marbles and Movement
A clinical anatomist's view of the human body in the history of Classical Art.
[Digital]
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Peter Abrahams |
Wednesday, 26th March |
Realism or Illusion
Details in the work of van Eyck and his contempories, Campin and Memling, reveal his genius and the way he inspired other Dutch Artists.
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Dr. Sophie Oostenvyle
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Wednesday, 23rd April |
Annual Supper |
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Wednesday, 30th April |
Gainsborough and Fashion
High Society and the Bath Season. Lectures explore the aesthetic, cultural and social history of dress in relation to art and design.
[Digital] |
Mary Alexander
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Wednesday, 28th May |
The end of a tradition. The Art of Auguste Rodin
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Eric Shanes |
Wednesday, 25th June |
Annual General Meeting
A Spaniard in the Works
Does blood run hotter south of the Pyrenees? Most non-spanish artists seem to think so.
[Digital] |
Sarah Lenton |
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ADFAS VISITS FOR 2007-2008 |
2007 |
Wednesday 21st November |
Eltham Palace |
2008 |
Monday 14th January |
First Emperor Exhibition |
Tuesday 19th February |
Tutankhamun Exhibition |
Wednesday 12th March |
Hever Castle |
Thursday 17th April |
Burghley House |
Wednesday 23rd April |
Annual Supper Berkhamsted Golf Club |
11th to 14th May |
Residential Trip to Liverpool, City of Culture 2008 |
Tuesday 17th June |
Rockingham Castle |
Wednesday 4th June |
Theatre Visit: National Theatre - Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
Depart Roman Catholic Church Car Park, Berkhamsted, 11.00am sharp. |
Thursday 3rd July |
Lacock Abbey |
The Programme and Outings organisers always welcome
suggestions from members for lectures and places to visit in
2008 and beyond.
Every effort will be made to fit in as many as possible
though this will be subject to limitations imposed by the
rest of the programmes.
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