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 should make prior application to the Secretary.
A donation is welcome.
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Programme for 2009/10
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2009 |
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Wednesday, 30th September |
In the wake of Handel: 300 years of the impact of Handel on British Culture
2009 marks 250 years since the death of Handel and 2010 celebrates 300 years since he arrived in London where he had great influence on the British cultural scene, both in his lifetime and after his death. |
Peter Medhurst
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Wednesday, 28th October |
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose at Farley Farmhouse
A personal encounter with the lives and art of Lee Miller, Roland Penrose and their friends. |
Antony Penrose
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Wednesday, 25th November |
Constantin Brancusi
Explores Brancusi's artistic development and demonstrates how he evolved perhaps the most spiritual and visually inventive body of sculpture since Michelangelo.
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Eric Shanes
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2010 |
Wednesday, 27th January |
Bars, Bedsits and Bordellos: the low life of ancient Pompeii
An investigation into "how the other half lived" - the world of the ancient poor and their street-corner culture.
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Dr Neil Faulkner
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Wednesday, 24th February |
The Great Twelve: An introduction to the Senior Livery Companies of the City of London
This lecture explores the medieval origins of the livery companies and their role in modern society.
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Fenella Billington |
Download handouts here:
 | Reading List
| Map showing the Great Twelve Livery Halls
| Great Livery Companies of the City of London in order or precedence laid down in 1516
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Wednesday, 31st March |
Titian to Van Dyck: The Art of Portraiture
Through the prism of two master portraitists the lecture looks at the interest and need for likenesses in portraiture and how they were used by those who commissioned them.
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Leslie Primo
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Wednesday, 28th April |
The Dealer's Story: Dealing in the British Art Market
Illustrated with a number of items he has bought and sold, the talk aims to give something of an insight into the colourful nature of the dealing world. |
Nicholas Bagshawe
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Wednesday, 26th May |
Matisse and Picasso: Half a Century of Friendly Rivalry
Starting at the end of the 19th Century we follow these friends and rivals, each considered by the other to be the only artist even remotely his equal, until after Matisse's death at the age of 84 in 1954. |
Frank Woodgate |
Wednesday, 30th June |
When is a cupboard not a cupboard?
We all know that a door is not a door when it's 'ajar' but the answer to the question posed by this lecture title will be revealed through the development of the 'cup-board' from its medieval origins to the present day. |
Janusz Karczewski-Slowikowski |
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ADFAS VISITS FOR 2009-2010 |
2009 |
Wednesday 16th September |
Fry Gallery and Audley End |
Wednesday 11th November |
Wallace Collection and Handel's House |
Wednesday 9th December |
Theatre Trip, at the National Theatre to see ‘The Habit of Art’ by Alan Bennett |
2010 |
Thursday 21st January |
"Aztecs" at The British Museum |
Monday 15th March |
Vintners' Hall and Dr. Johnson's House |
Tuesday 23th March |
Annual Dinner, Berkhamsted Golf Club |
Wednesday 2nd June |
National Theatre to see ‘London Assurance’ by Dion Boucicault with Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw
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Thursday 10th June |
Restoration House and Rochester Cathedral |
The Programme and Outings organisers always welcome
suggestions from members for lectures and places to visit in
2010 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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