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Programme

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.

Programme for 2011/12

     

2011

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

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

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.

Bertie Pearce

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.

Nicole Douek

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.

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.

Linda Smith

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

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

     

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.

 

Theatre Visits

will be arranged by

Mrs Pamela Quin.

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