Lectures
Lecture Diary Dates
Jan 23 Feb 27 Mar 26
Apr 23 May 28
Jun 25 Sep 24
Oct 22 Nov 26
Dec 10 (click on images below to zoom)
January 23
Ancient China’s Terracotta Army
This lecture is designed to
accompany the special exhibition, The First Emperor (British Museum Sept
07 – Apr 08). The on-going excavation of over 7000 life-size pottery
warriors buried within the mausoleum complex outside Xian of the First
Emperor of China, who died in 210 BC, is described.
Lecture by Ann
Birchall
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February 27
The Beginning of the New Art of
Photography
Remarkably, the story starts around 300 BC and goes via the mid 18th
century and the 1830s – 1850s when the important discoveries were being
made. Slides illustrate the different uses of photography from artistic
to scientific and many are of images in private archives.
Lecture by
Richard Morris
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March 26
The English Parish Church: A
Social and Architectural History
There are 17,000 Parish
Churches – all different and each with its own unique story to tell. We
will explore their development both inside and out, glorying in our wool
churches, commanding towers and spires and regional diversity.
Lecture by
Andrew Davies
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April 23
Tomb of Tutankhamun
(Tutankhamun
Exhibition in London Nov 07 – Aug 08)
As well as looking at the tomb and its
contents, this lecture seeks to put Tutankhamun in context, to explain
why he was buried in the Valley of the Kings, how the tomb escaped
plundering and its eventual discovery.
Lecture
by Clive
Barham-Carter
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May 28
NADFAS 40TH
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
19th Century English Domestic
Silver
This lecture covers the development of silver design from Rococo and
the Gothic revival through Victoria's reign to the Arts and Crafts
Movement. It examines the influences of social and technological
change, the Great Exhibition and the range of design sources.
Lecture by
Ian
Pickford
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June 25
AGM at
7:30 followed by lecture
Music and Manners
Manners and Music transports
us back to the 18th century to an age of elegance and taste, wit and
satire, extravagant fashions and a complex code of manners. Readings and
narration are complemented by music of the period.
Lecture
by
Jeanne and
Marguerite
Dolmetsch
Lecture will be followed by
refreshments
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September 24
Sir Edwin Lutyens: From Everyday
Surrey to Empire’s Renaissance
The lecture explores the
rise, fall and rise again of Lutyens’ reputation and the evidence for
his genius. It follows his career including the famous partnership with
Gertrude Jekyll.
Lecture by
Clyde
Binfield
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October 22
The Scottish Colourists: Style
and Sophistication from the Jazz Age
This exciting group of
artists includes Peploe, Cadell, Fergusson and Hunter. The lecture
explores their landscapes, portraits and still-lifes, paying particular
attention to the vibrant sensual colour, expressive brushwork and
stunning sense of rhythm and design.
Lecture
by Vivien
Heffernan
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November 26
Charles Darwin and the Voyage of
the HMS Beagle
This talk focuses on the official artists, Augustus Earle and Conrad
Martens who accompanied Darwin on his inspirational global voyage in HMS
Beagle. Additional artworks by Sir Joseph Hooker and Owen Stanley will
also be included.
Lecture by James
Taylor
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December 10
Please note!
The 10th December lecture starts at
7:30
and will take place at
St. Joan's Centre, 19 Tilford Road Farnham GU9 8DL Seasonal refreshments afterwards…
The Christmas Story at the
National Gallery
See how artists have
treated the Christmas Story down the ages. Some of the most beautiful
images ever made hang in the National Gallery. From the 13th century
through the Counter Reformation, to the Protestant North and Rembrandt.
The lecture ends with music from Handel’s Messiah.
Lecture by
Caroline MacDonald-Haig
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