28th February 2013
Wonder Workers and the Art of Illusion
Bertie Pearce,
performer, lecturer and member of the Inner Magic Circle with
Gold Star gives us a whistle stop tour of the history of mystery
from 3000BC to 21st Century
but be careful – you might be amazed and bewitched!
24th
January 2013
Leonardo da Vinci – the Science of
Art and the Art of Science
Caroline Brooke
,
Leonardo
specialist, writer,
lecturer
at the National Gallery, the Courtauld
Institute and the V&A, sets out to
put Leonardo’s artistic production in context by explaining how
all of his art can be understood as a form of science, and how
his approach to science was governed by
his artistic concerns.
13th
December 2012
Glory to the Newborn King: Depictions
of the Nativity in European Art
Dr James Lindow,
author, lecturer and
fine art underwriter, explores the development of the Nativity
story in art and the expansion of this story by theologians and
artists despite the absence of detail in the Gospels.
22nd
November 2012
Imperial purple to Denim Blue – The
Colourful History of Textiles
Dr Susan
Kay-Williams
of the Royal School of
Needlework brings us the eclectic history of textiles and their
colours exploring not
only how colours were discovered and made, but also their uses,
meanings and how these have changed over time.
27th
September 2012
George III: “The Most
Cultured Monarch”
Oliver Everett,
Librarian Emeritus of the Royal
Library Windsor Castle, speaks about one of his favourite
monarchs, George III, a king unjustly remembered as having been
mad and losing the American
Colonies. Oliver
Everett corrects this impression and portrays him as a
discerning collector, patron of the arts, friend of America and
committed family man.
25th
October 2012
All Done on Ginger Beer
Sarah Lenton, writer,
director, broadcaster and cartoonist describes the creation of
the English National Opera, the Royal Ballet and the National
Theatre by Lilian Baylis at the Old Vic.