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.
Members wishing to bring a visitor should apply to the Secretary.
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Programme for 2011/12
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2011 |
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Wednesday, 28th September |
'I don't know much about art, but...' - an introduction to modern art.
Modern Art can be a perplexing business - but it is the art of our life times. Artists discussed will include Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Salvador Dali, Hockney, Damien Hirst and many others. |
Michael Howard
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Wednesday, 26th October |
A History of Jewellery from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth Taylor
400 years of international jewellery design examining the changing styles from the pomp of High Renaissance enamelled gold work to the glamour of Harry Winston diamonds. |
John Benjamin
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Wednesday, 30th November |
Now you see it, now you don't - the Art of Deception: Optical Illusion, Camouflage and Trompe l'Oeil
A little bit of magic.
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Bertie Pearce
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2012 |
Wednesday, 25th January |
The Arts of Ancient Egypt
Why is Egyptian Art so bizarre, so unnatural? Why do bodies not show movement, why is there no geometric perspective, why is it so unbelievably repetitive? The lecture will explore the function, meaning and formal elements of Egyptian Art.
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Nicole Douek
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Wednesday, 29th February |
It's Glass, but is it Art? The rise of Glass as Art
A little bit of history about a compelling subject.
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Andy McConnell |
Wednesday, 28th March |
Signs and Symbols in Still-Life from the 17th Century to the present day
This lecture examines the symbolic function of still-life art and looks at how symbolism in still art continues to play an important part.
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Linda Smith
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Wednesday, 25th April |
Garden History and Follies
Follies are not confined to the eighteenth century: this presentation explores their landscape settings with these of Allegory, Classicism and Grandeur, Romanticism and finally Modernism and Individuality. |
Caroline Holmes
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Wednesday, 30th May |
Architecture: Fine Art or Decoration?
What exactly is architecture? Should we think of it as a fine art? Or as a decoration for our towns and cities? |
Brian Stater |
Wednesday, 27th June |
AGM
Who says? Can we trust the experts on Good and Bad in Art?
Art experts have often been lampooned for their pretentions, whether as critics commenting on the art of their own day or connoisseurs assessing the art of the past. |
David Phillips |
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CALENDAR FOR 2011-2012 |
Tuesday 18th October |
Visit to Sandham Memorial Chapel and The Vyne, Hampshire. |
Wednesday 16th November |
Visit to the Da Vinci Exhibition, National Gallery, London. |
Wednesday 30th November |
Welcome drink for New Members after the lecture. |
Thursday 23rd February |
Visit to the Dulwich Art Gallery. |
Thursday 8th March |
Annual Lunch - Boxmoor Lodge 12.00 for 12.30 |
Thursday 15th March |
Visit to The Hockney Exhibition |
Tuesday to Saturday 8th-12th May |
Residential Trip
Historic Houses and Gardens of Devon |
Thursday 21st June |
Visit to Hinton Ampner, Hampshire |
Thursday 20th September |
Visit to Buckingham Palace to see the Diamond Jubilee Exhibition |
Refunds will only be made if the place(s) can be re-sold.
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Theatre Visits |
will be arranged by |
Mrs Pamela Quin. |
