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13 October 2010<\/strong> \u2013 From the Underworld: Allegory and Narrative in the Garden<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This lecture visits a wide range of sites across Britain and Europe to examine and explain the significance of garden layouts, views and features from the standpoint of the select band of people who understood them when they were new.\u00a0 We view the water features of Renaissance gardens in Italy, the temples and grottoes of Georgian landscape gardens, Grand Tour statues knowingly placed in gardens to trigger a response in those who knew the originals, and the Masonic emergence from darkness into light found in many gardens.<\/p>\n

Lecturer: Steven Desmond, MA FIHort FLS<\/strong> is an independent landscape consultant specialising in the conservation and management of historic parks and gardens in Britain and Europe. As an established broadcaster and writer he is especially interested in the idea of the garden as an integral element and indicator of art and social history, and believes that historic gardens throughout Europe are much more culturally intertwined than is generally supposed.<\/p>\n

10 November 2010<\/strong> – The Developing Face Of London, The Good, The Bad And The Olympics<\/strong><\/h3>\n

London is changing more than at any time in its history, as its success as a financial and commercial centre spurs developments. \u00a0The lecture looks at developments since the 1980s, including the construction of a \u2018Manhattan on the Thames\u2019 at Canary Wharf, the British Library and the Millennium Dome.\u00a0 There is greater awareness of historical context with sympathetic combinations of old and new seen in Tate Modern and St Pancras International station. Olympics regeneration for the East will lead to many new buildings and a green belt along the Lea Valley.<\/p>\n

Lecturer:\u00a0Ian Gibson <\/strong>studied at Cambridge and SOAS, London, History of Art MA. He is a Blue Badge Guide, working in London and Southern England and guides regularly in the British Museum.\u00a0 He has a particular interest in London architecture and leads walks looking at the development of the capital and its buildings.<\/p>\n

8 December 2010<\/strong> – The Drawings of Raphael<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Raphael is one of the greatest draftsmen of all time. The brilliance of his art was based on a seemingly instinctive talent for drawing. This lecture will follow the transformation in his drawing style as he reacted firstly to the work of Perugino, then to the art of Leonardo, and finally to the art of Michelangelo, creating out of their art, a body of drawings which has had a profound influence upon the whole course of Western European art. Many of the drawings illustrated are in the Print Room of the Ashmolean which holds the largest and most representative collection in existence.<\/p>\n

Lecturer: Jon Whiteley<\/strong> began his career at the Christ Church Picture Gallery after reading Modern History at Pembroke College. He left to join the staff of the Ashmolean as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Western Art where he has remained ever since.<\/p>\n

12 January 2011<\/strong> – Flights of Angels: Stained Glass in the 19th<\/sup> Century<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This lecture traces the revival of stained glass in the 19th<\/sup> century from Pugin\u2019s early experiments to the sophisticated and glorious work of William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and their fellow Pre-Raphaelite artists.\u00a0 Incorporated into the lecture will be examples that can be seen in Oxford.<\/p>\n

Lecturer: Christopher Rogers<\/strong> read Geography at Oxford, gained a PGCE qualification and taught Geography. He became interested in country house architecture while at Oxford.\u00a0 He lectures for the National Trust, and regularly participates in the courses at Marlborough College\u2019s Summer School.<\/p>\n

9 February 2011<\/strong> – The World of Contemporary British Craft<\/strong><\/h3>\n

An overview of the contemporary craft scene in the UK with examples of the finest innovative work in all the craft disciplines \u2013 ceramics and glass, jewellery, silver and metalwork, textiles, furniture, baskets, paper and wood.<\/p>\n

Lecturer: Mary La Trobe-Bateman<\/strong> has a BA from Kingston College of Art, and an MDes from the Royal College of Art.\u00a0 She lectures at the RCA, Sotheby\u2019s Institute and the Goldsmith\u2019s Company amongst others, and is one of the UK\u2019s foremost experts on contemporary crafts.\u00a0 She was a former Director of Contemporary Applied Arts in London, and ran her own gallery in Somerset.\u00a0 In 2001 she was awarded an OBE for services to contemporary craft.<\/p>\n

9 March 2011<\/strong> \u2013 Skin Deep \u2013 The Beastly\u00a0Art of Beauty:\u00a0 Reality and Ridicule<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Beautiful in the society portraits, haggard in the merciless lampoon.\u00a0 The artifice pursued by 18th and 19th century \u2018fashion victims\u2019 was, quite literally,\u00a0hair-raising and often fatal.\u00a0 Do you ever look at a Reynolds or Gainsborough portrait and wonder if the sitter really looked like that?\u00a0\u00a0 How do these grand society portraits tally with the humorous, ridiculous but savage caricatures by Cruickshank,\u00a0Gillray and other cartoonists of the 18th<\/sup> century?\u00a0 What was the truth and what was the effect of the cosmetics and beauty aids available at the time?<\/p>\n

Lecturer: Amanda Herries<\/strong> read Archaeology & Anthropology at Cambridge.\u00a0 In 1978 she became curator at the Museum of London, specialising in the decorative arts from 1718 to present day.\u00a0 In 1988 she moved to Japan, lecturing and writing on Oriental\/Western cross-cultural and artistic influences.\u00a0 She writes and lectures worldwide on decorative arts topics.<\/p>\n

11 May 2011<\/strong> \u2013 The Pleasures of Paris Seen Through the Eyes of French Painters from Daumier to Toulouse-Lautrec<\/strong><\/h3>\n

An account of the redesigning of Paris and its social life from the time of Napoleon III to 1900, seen through the paintings of the new boulevards, parks and racecourses.\u00a0 We see Parisians at the opera, the ballet and the theatre, at the circus, on the train by the river and at the Moulin Rouge with Toulouse-Lautrec.<\/p>\n

Lecturer: Shirley Turner<\/strong> read Modern History at St Hilda\u2019s Oxford and gained a Diploma in the History of Fine and Decorative Arts.\u00a0 She is a course lecturer for V&A Museum.\u00a0 She lived in Paris, Brussels and The Hague from 1960-83, working for King Leopold of the Belgians and for the Dutch Home and Foreign Ministries.<\/p>\n

8 June 2011<\/strong> – Embroidered With Woodbine and Eglantine: Elizabethan Textile Furnishings<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Textiles provided the interiors of Elizabethan aristocratic houses with colour, glamour, texture and symbolism.\u00a0 This talk looks at Elizabethan textile furnishings and considers them first as physical objects and then as the medium for conveying symbolic messages.\u00a0 We\u2019ll look at designs, techniques and uses, as well as subject matter and the Elizabethans\u2019 fondness for decoding hidden messages and devices.<\/p>\n

Lecturer: Gillian White<\/strong> has an MA in Medieval Studies from York and a PhD in Renaissance Studies from Warwick.\u00a0 She worked for the National Trust as Curator & Collections Manager at Hardwick Hall, and gives presentations to various groups, including the Embroiderers\u2019 Guild and the BAA.\u00a0 She teaches continuing education classes for Oxford, Bristol and Warwick universities, and contributes to postgraduate courses at Leicester.<\/p>\n

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