January 9th 2008
ART NOUVEAU - ART & DESIGN 1900
An intoduction to undulating forms in glass, jewellery and poster design which were welcomed in Paris and Brussels but rejected by the English as decadent!
Speaker: Dr Anne Anderson, university lecturer, author and TV adviser.
February 13th 2008
THE FOLLIES OF THE IRISH: MAD BUILDINGS FOR MADDER PEOPLE
We welcome the return of this entertaining speaker.
Speaker: Tom Duncan, tour leader to his native Ireland and the Mediterranean area.
March 12th 2008
RED VIBRATIONS - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RED IN WESTERN ART
Aesthetic and emotional aspects from angelic pink to demonic scarlet.
Speaker: Alexandra Drysdale, painter with an imaginative outlook.
April 9th 2008
SIR JOHN VANBURGH: DILETTANTE OR GENIUS?
Vanburgh wrote Restoration Comedies but he was also the architect of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard.
Speaker: Hugh Cantle, surveyor, author and maker of pen-and-wash house portraits.
May 14th 2008
MAKING SENSE OF MODERN ART
Are you baffled by recent developments?
Speaker: Valerie Woodgate, lecturer at Tate Britain and Tate Modern.
June 11th 2008
PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA - MODERN PAINTER OF THE RENAISSANCE
Is the calm serenity of Piero's work due to his fascination with the Golden Section?
Speaker: Eveline Eaton, lecturer in fine arts and overseas tour guide.
September 2008
ARTS IN CHINA AND JAPAN COMPARED
October 2008
THE DRAMA BEHIND THE TAJ MAHAL
November 2008
STAINED GLASS OF YORK MINSTER
December 2008
CHRISTMAS MUSIC, ART AND POETRY
