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This historical information is supplied as a record of past
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January 13 Douglas Skeggs
Van Gogh & Gaugin
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February 10 Ann Birchall
Journey
Through China’s Past
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March 10 William Forrester
The
Percy Family of Alnwick, Syon & Petworth
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April 14 Clare Ford-Wille
The
Secret Life of Painting: Symbolism & Meaning
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May 12 Janet Canetty-Clarke
Grieg
& His House in Bergen
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June 9 May Woods
Great Landscape Gardens of the 19th Century: Revolution in the
Park.
Visitors from the continent and the USA as well as England,
flocked to see English gardens throughout the 18th century.
Gradually, the 17th century geometric formal gardens were
relaxed by including serpentine paths and irregular shaped
ponds. In the 1730s, William Kent created the Elysian Fields at
Stowe. Temples and bridges, grottoes and gateways enhanced the
gardens.
Capability Brown was the fashionable landscape architect from
the 1740s onwards but 20 years later, people were bored by
Brown’s simplicity and the Picturesque style with romantic ruins
and dramatic waterfalls became popular. Humphrey Repton, another
noted gardener preferred the classic approach; he framed a house
by building terraces around it.
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July 14 AGM at 2:30pm
followed by Peter Clayton
Ancient Egypt, Israel & the Bible: Faith & the Archaeological
Evidence.
A look at the archaeological and background evidence for some of
the stories in the Old and New Testaments. Eastern archaeology
was very much biblical-led and inspired such 19th century
artists as Edwin Long and David Roberts.
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September 8 Edward Saunders
Florence & the Medici.
Many of the great names of Italian civilisation are associated
with the Medici family – Leonardo, Michelangelo, Cellini,
Galileo . The lecture will consider the impact of this amazing,
extraordinary family upon the whole spectrum of Western art and
culture. Of peasant farming stock in the early 15th century, the
family rose first to become bankers, then power-brokers in
Florence and finally Grand Dukes, marrying into the royal houses
of France and Austria.
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October 13 Andrew Davies
New
York, New York: An Architectural Discovery.
Bustling, noisy, vibrant New York epitomises the modern city at
its best (and occasional worst). Sailing past the Statue of
Liberty, we begin by being processed as immigrants at Ellis
Island before marvelling at this Leviathan whose skyline
bristles with skyscrapers.
We take in the architecture of the Brooklyn Bridge, the two
cathedrals, several museums, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s
Guggenheim, and the lavishly refurbished Grand Central Station.
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November 10 Daniel Snowman
The
Culture Carriers: Their Impact on British Artistic & Cultural
Life.
This lecture describes the huge impact on British life of those
who found refuge in Britain having fled from Nazi Germany during
the 20th century. Artists and architects, film makers and
philosophers, musicians and publishers, psychologists and
scientists all brought something of their continental legacy to
Britain. Their collective talent was enormous and their
influence far in excess of their numbers.
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December 8 Social Event
Our
Christmas Event at St. George’s Hill Golf Club
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