Special Interest Day – Wednesday 12 November – Aspects of Medieval World presented by Nicole Mezey
Golden altarpieces and sumptuous embroideries; women perched precariously on a dragon or holding a tooth in pincers ; cats, dogs[…]
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Category: Past Special Interest Days
Special Interest Day – Monday 25th November 2024 – ‘The Medici ‘Bankrolling the Renaissance’ by Douglas Skeggs
The Medici were in many ways an unattractive family. Ruthless in pursuit of profit for their Florentine bank, greedy for[…]
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Special Interest Day – Wednesday 20 March 2024 – Art Down Under: From Convict Years to the Modern Era by Valerie Woodgate
Art From Down Under: From Convict Years to the Modern Era: 10.30 – 15.00 In this special day Valerie Woodgate[…]
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Special Interest Day – Tues 17 October 2023 – Monochrome to polychrome. How colours have transformed the art of garden design
Timothy Walker, former Director of the Oxford University Botanic Garden, will give three lectures : Broadening the Palette – the[…]
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Special Interest Day – Wed 22 March 2023 – Cornard Wood to Fanghorn Forest. British trees in art and literature
This special day of three lectures by Justine Hopkins will demonstrate the interest of artists and writers in forests, glades[…]
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Special Interest Day – Tues 18 October 2022 – A Journey through 3,000 years of Chinese Art, History and Civilisation
A Journey through 3,000 years of Chinese Art, History and Civilisation Three Lectures by ANNE HAWORTH 10.00 Coffee 10.30 –[…]
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Special Interest Day – Wednesday 13 October 2021 10.00 – 15.00 – New York Art and Architecture
What is impossible to do on a “real visit” in one day to this magnificent and exciting city, we can[…]
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Special Interest Day – 29 March 2022 – Once Upon a Time – Children’s Books Through the Ages.
Once Upon a Time – Children’s Books Through the Ages. 10.30 – 15.00 Three Lectures will be given by Elizabeth[…]
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Special Interest Morning – Tuesday 16 March 2021 10:30 – 13:00 – Masters of the Sea
This Special Interest Morning will be held on-line via Zoom Two lectures given by JAMES TAYLOR. Dr James Taylor, a[…]
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Special Interest Day – Treasures of the Silk Route – Tuesday 19th November 2019
Treasures of the Silk Road – from China to the Mediterranean. Three lectures given by Christopher Bradley on Tuesday 19[…]
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Special Interest day – Antique and Contemporary Jewellery – Wednesday 20th March 2019
Two lectures and a workshop session by Joanna Hardy. How History and Fashion have influenced Jewellery Design 1800 – 1900[…]
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Special Interest Day: The Grand Tour – Tuesday 20th November 2018
The Grand Tour: Travel & Collecting in the 18th Century Three lectures given by Caroline Knight FSA 10:00-15:00 including free[…]
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Special Interest Day – The Ancient Maya – Wednesday 14th March 2018
The Ancient Maya Three lectures given by Dr Diane Davies. Photos from the Special Interest Day can be found in[…]
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Special Interest Day: Living with History – Wednesday 22nd November 2017
by Anthony Rayworth. Anthony will give three lectures discussing different aspects of adapting the results of historical residential design with[…]
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Special Interest Day: Byzantium – Wednesday 29th March 2017
Other Worldly Byzantium: Holy Places, Sacred Art and Priceless Treasures by Dr. Helen Rufus-Ward Three lectures: Pilgrimage to St Catherine’s[…]
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Under the Open Sky: Newlyn and Lamorna Artists 1880-1940 – Thursday 10th November 2016
We welcome Catherine Wallace who has considerable knowledge and experience of Cornish Art. She will give three lectures: – Art, Fish[…]
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Behind the Scenes of the Art World – Thursday 10th March 2016
By David Phillips Three lectures: The Secret Surface: How time and conservation transforms the appearance of paintings. We learn of[…]
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The Art of Cambodia and Vietnam – Wednesday 14th October 2015
By Denise Heywood We are looking forward to our Study Day on October 14 when Denise Haywood will give three lectures[…]
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The Gilded Stage ( A Social History of Opera ) – Wednesday 18th March 2015
By Daniel Snowman The broadcaster, lecturer and writer, Daniel Snowman, will give us three lectures on the history of opera[…]
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The Art of Venice : the Lion of the Sea – Thursday 13th November 2014
By Douglas Skeggs Three Lectures on the art of Venice. “The Origins of Venetian Art” looks at the dawn of[…]
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