An exploration of how art in the subcontinent threw off the yoke of colonial influence to create modern masterpieces and[…]
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The History of the Church and People of the Manor of North Baddesley, Hampshire by V.J. Munday on behalf of[…]
Read more4 May 2021 Lesley Primo on “The sublime in the everyday: Vermeer and the Delft School of Painting”
This lecture will trace Vermeer’s origins, his early training and influences.
Read more17 March The Mosaics of Ravenna: For the Glory of Kings, Emperors and Empresses
In 402AD Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman Empire and continued to prosper under Ostrogoth and then Byzantine[…]
Read more6 April 2021 Neil Faulkner on Dickens, Lawrence and Zhivago: David Lean’s Art of Cinema
In the ‘golden age’ of cinema film-makers had to construct sets, effectively art installations which they captured on celluloid images. […]
Read more24 February: Art for the Afterlife: Egyptian Tomb Paintings
Zoom presentation by Lucia Gahlin
Read more2 March 2021: Fiona Rose on “Frida Kahlo: A life in Art”
Note that this lecture will be given twice: once on 2 March at 11a.m. and will be repeated on Thursday[…]
Read moreFebruary 2 2021: Adam Busiakiewicz on “The queen of instruments-the lute in old master paintings”
5 January 2021 Bertie Pearce on “We Are Amused!”
Note this lecture is on 5 January not the 4th as in the recent email. A Panorama of Victorian Leisure[…]
Read moreOne Westminster Six Royal Palaces
A Virtual Tour by renowned guide Charlie Forman
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