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Archive

2002/2003

 

PROGRAMME

 

Friday 13th September 2002

THE GOLDEN TANG DYNASTY

Hanne Sutcliffe

 

Friday 11thOctober

DISSOLUTION OF THE ABBEYS

AND OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE

David Bostwick

 

Friday 8th November

RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE

Janet Catherine Cutler

 

Friday 13th December

MERRILY ON HIGH: THE HISTORY

OF THE CHRISTMAS CAROL

Peter Medhurst

 

Friday 10th January 2003

EARLY AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS

Ann Sweeney

 

Friday 14th February

THE PIERRO DELLA FRANCESCA TRAIL

Margaret Christina Davis

 

Friday 14th March

THE BAUHAUS AND INTERNATIONAL 

MODERNISM

Geoffrey Opie

  

Friday 11th April

THE PERFECT PARTNER SHIP:

LUTYENS AND JEKYLL

Paul Atterbury

 

Friday 9th May

PABLO PICASSO AND CUBISM

Douglas Skeggs

 

Friday 13th June

AGM

LANDMARKS OF 20TH CENTURY

ARCHITECTURE        

Edward Saunders          

 

 

STUDY DAYS

 

Friday 25th October 2002

Study Day

FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS IN

CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

Launce Gribbin

Cost: £20

 

Friday 29th November

Study Day

DAYLIGHT AND CHAMPAGNE:

THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS

Brian Cairns

Cost: £20

 

Friday 10th January 2003

Study Afternoon

MAYA, AZTEC AND INCAS – MAJOR

CIVILIZATIONS IN ANCIENT AMERICA

Ann Sweeney

Cost; £8

 

Friday 28th March

Study Day

THE BIRTH THAT CHALLENGED

THE WESTERN WORLD

Rebecca Drew

Cost: £21

 

Friday 25th April

Study Day/ Visit

CORNISH CHURCHES

Jo Mattingly

Cost: £15

Study morning followed by a visit

to two local churches

 

 

VISITS

 

Friday 25th September 2002

TRURO CATHEDRAL  

AND THE TREASURES OF THE SEE

Afternoon Visit

 

Wednesday 5th March 2003

PALLADIO – ARCHITECT OF GENIUS, 1509-1580 and

THE FRESCOES OF GIOTTO, 1305-1308,

IN THE SCROVEGNI CHAPEL, PADUA         

Elizabeth Gordon

Area visit, Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, S Devon

Cost: £34.50,including travel and lunch

 

Friday 25th April

CORNISH CHURCHES

Jo Mattingly

Study Morning followed by a visit to two local churches

Cost: £15

 

 

11th-15th May

TUSCANY AND UMBRIA

Four nights half board, based in Corona.

Visits to Perugia, Assisi, Siena, Arezzo and Urbino.

 

 

 

 

2003/2004

 

PROGRAMME

 

Friday 12th September 2003

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN MEDIEVAL ART

Mary Remnant

 

Friday 10thOctober

LIFE AND ART IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Nicole Douek

 

Friday 14th November

LINLEY, A CONTINUING TRADITION

Nicholas Merchant

 

Friday 12th December

FOR ALL THE SAINTS –

PORTRAITS, SYMBOLS AND LEGENDS

Shirley Turner

 

Friday 30th January 2004

HOW IS IT MADE?

A CLOSER LOOK AT SILVER

Helen Clifford

 

Friday 13th February

THE WORLD OF CARL FABERGÉ

Peter Darty

 

Friday 12th March

WINDSOR CASTLE – CONSERVATION,

REPAIR, RESTORATION AND THE

DOWNESIAN GOTHIC OF THE NEW WORKS

Ian Constantinides

 

Friday 16th April

THE ARTS OF BLOOMSBURY AND OMEGA

Eveline Eaton

 

Friday 7th May

THE HISTORY OF THE LONG CASE CLOCK

Colin Lattimore

 

Friday 11th June

AGM

DIAGHILEV’S BALLETS RUSSES:

A SYNTHESIS OF EXCELLENCE

(A STUDY OF THE CHOREOGRAPHY,

COSTUME, SET DESIGN AND MUSIC IN

PETRUSHKA AND L’APRES – MIDI D’UN FAUNE)

Elisabeth Rumbelow

  

 

STUDY DAYS

 

Friday 28th November 2003

Study Day

WILLIAM MORRIS AND THE ARTS

& CRAFTS MOVEMENT

Anne Anderson

Cost: £21

 

Friday 9th January 2004 at Trebah Gardens

Study Day

FIRING THE IMAGINATION:  19TH AND 20TH CENTURY CERAMICS

Louise Irvine

Cost: £21

 

Friday 2nd April

Study Day

MUSIC  - A MIRROR OF THE ARTS

Digby Hague - Holmes

Cost: £22.50

  

 

VISITS

 

9 – 12 May 2004

VISIT TO BATH

Cancelled due to lack of interest.

 

2004/2005

 

PROGRAMME

 

Friday 10th September 2004

THE MAGNIFICENT MEDICI

Charles Avery

 

Friday 8th October

THE ART OF THE RUSSIAN LACQUER MINIATURE

Cherry Gilchrist

 

Friday 12th November

SEX AND POWER IN HAPSBURG AND BOURBON SPAIN

Gail Turner

 

Friday 10th December

THE STAINED GLASS OF ENGLISH CATHEDRALS AND PARISH CHURCHES

Peter Gibson

 

Friday 14th January 2005

THE ROMANISATION OF BRITAIN

Neil Faulkner

 

Friday 11th February

ANDALUCIA’S GOLDEN AGE

Tom Duncan

 

Friday 11th March

THE HUMOURISTS – CARICATURE AND REALITY

David Cross

 

Friday 15th April

THE MUGHALS OF INDIA

Ann Peerless

 

Friday 13th May

THE AMERICAN COUNTRY HOUSE

Roger Mitchell

 

Friday 10th June

AGM

THE HITLER EMIGRÉS – THEIR IMPACT ON BRITISH ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL LIFE

Daniel Snowman

 

STUDY DAYS

 

Friday 26th November 2004

Study Day

THE GOLDEN AGE OF DUTCH PAINTING 1600 - 1800

Claire Ford – Wille

 

Friday 11th February

Study Afternoon

ANDALUCIA – ROMANS, MOORS AND CHRISTIANS

Tom Duncan

 

VISITS

 

Wednesday 17th November 2004

BOCONNOC HOUSE AND GLYNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA, THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH

 

Monday 24th January 2005

FALMOUTH ART GALLERY

 

Thursday 24th March 2005

BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET, THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH

 

Friday 1st April to Monday 4th April 2005

BIRMINGHAM

Cancelled due to insufficient interest

 

2005/2006

PROGRAMME

Friday 9th September 2005

THE SHOCK 0F THE NEW: PRIZES, PATRONS

AND PUBLICITY IN CONTEMPORARY ART

Frank Woodgate 

 

Friday 14th October

GLASS HOUSES: FROM ORANGERY TO CONSERVATORY

May Woods

 

Friday 11th November

THE WORLD OF CARPETS

Roderick Taylor

 

Friday 9th December

THE COLLECTIONS OF CATHERINE THE GREAT

Edward Saunders

 

Friday 13th January 2006

THE PASSION FOR CHINA: THE DEMAND FOR

RICHES FROM THE EAST 

Amanda Herris

 

Friday 10th February

FRANCIS I OF FRANCE (1494 – 1547):

RENAISSANCE PRINCE AND PATRON

Fenella Billington

 

Friday 10th March

THE ART OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK’S VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY

James Taylor

 

Friday 7th April

A TASTE FOR THE EXOTIC

Paul Atterbury

 

Friday 12th May

IMAGES OF THE WILDERNESS: ARTISTS IN SEARCH

OF THE SUBLIME

Anne Anderson

 

Friday 9th June

AGM

TREASURES FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION

Oliver Everett

 

STUDY DAYS/AFTERNOONS

 

Friday 11th  November

Study Afternoon

THE WORLD OF CARPETS

Roderick Taylor

Cost: £9

 

Friday 24th March

Study Day

A LA RECHERCHE DU SOLEIL: FRENCH PAINTING

AFTER IMPRESSIONISM

Juliet Heslewood

Cost: £21.50

 

VISITS

 

Tuesday 27th September 2005

PENLEE HOUSE, PENZANCE

 

27/28th October

TYNTESFIELD AND WELLS

 

Wednesday 23rd November

PORT ELLIOT AND GLYNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA, THEATRE ROYAL,  PLYMOUTH

 

Wednesday 14th December

TREASURES OF TRURO CATHEDRAL

 

Friday 10 February 2006 – Sunday 12 February

LONDON

Cost: £195

Cancelled

 

Friday 17 March

THE COPELAND COLLECTION AT TRELISSICK

Lunch and talk by Will Copeland. Visit to collection.

Cost: £23

 

Tuesday 9 May

CASTLE HILL, NORTH DEVON

Lunch and tour with Lady Aran

Cost: £36

 

 2006/2007

 

Friday 8th September 2006

19th CENTURY ENGLISH BONE CHINA

Diana Lloyd

 

Friday 13th October

THE SCOTTISH COLOURISTS : STYLE AND SOPHISTICATION FROM THE JAZZ AGE

Vivien Heffernan B.A.

 

Friday 10th November

THE AGE OF OAK

Janusz Karczewski - Slowikowski M.Sc.

 

Friday 8th December

PICTURING THE NATIVITY: PAINTING BY NUMBERS

Shirley Smith B.A., F.R.S.A.

 

Friday 12th January 2007

CREATING A SPLASH: THE ST IVES SOCIETY OF ARTISTS 1927 – 52.

David Tovey M.A.

 

Friday 19th February

THE MUSICAL WORLD OF GAINSBORUGH AND ZOFFANY

Peter Medhurst G.R.S.M., A.R.C.M.

 

Friday 9th March

ARABIA FELIX - SECRET TREASURE CHEST OF YEMEN AND OMAN

Christopher Bradley B.A.

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Friday 13th April

THE BRITISH PARISH CHURCH

Jane Kelsall B.A.

 

Friday 11th May

FROM GREECE TO THE NORMANS: THE SPLENDOUR OF SICILY

Paul Roberts M.A.,Ph.D.

 

Friday 8th June

AGM

POETS, PAINTERS AND PRIVATE LIVES IN VENICE

Douglas Skeggs M. A.

 

STUDY DAYS/AFTERNOONS

 

Friday 10th November

Study Afternoon

THE AGE OF OAK

Janusz Karczewski – Slowokowski

 

Friday 23rd March

Study Day

THE HISTORY OF JEWELLERY FROM ELIZABETH I TO ELIZABETH TAYLOR

John Benjamin

 

VISITS

 

Tuesday 7th  November 2006

EXETER CATHEDRAL

THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH: ‘COSI FAN TUTTE’ BY GLYNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA;

 

Friday 1st December

LANHYDROCK BLACK TIE COUNTRY HOUSE DINNER

Talk and tour by Paul Holden

 

Thursday 8th March 2007

PENRYN TOWN HALL, PENRYN MUSEUM AND GLASNEY COLLEGE SITE

Presentation by Dick Cole

 

 

2007/2008

 

Friday 7th September 2007
THE MEDIEVAL  HOUSEHOLD
Patricia Wright

 

Friday 12th October
WINE RELATED ANTIQUES, INCLUDING CORCSCREWS
John Ericson

 

Friday 9th November
PICTURE HANGING AND INTERIOR DESIGN FROM 1600 TO TODAY
Stephen Taylor

 

Friday 14th December
THE VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS
Andrew Davies

 

Friday 11th January 2008
GRINLING GIBBONS, CARVER TO THE CROWN AND COURT

Launce Gribbin

 

Friday 8th February
THE THREE ROMANTICS - CHOPIN, GEORGE SAND AND DELACROIX
Elizabeth Rumbelow

 

Friday 14th March
GEORGIAN DOMESTIC SILVER (18TH CENTURY)
Ian Pickford

 

Friday 11th April
THE MOSAICS OF RAVENNA
Jane Angelini

 

Friday 9th May
THE HISTORY OF THE MERMAID
Terry Pearson

 

Friday 13th June
AGM
THE TRADESCANTS: PLANTS, ART COLLECTORS AND GARDENERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Joanne Kidd

 

 

Visits

 

Wednesday 17 October 2007

VISIT TO THE ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM TRURO

Meet the expert and Fine Arts curator and view the new John Opie exhibition.

Cost: £5 including coffee

 

Tuesday 20 November

PERFORMANCE BY GLYNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA

OF DONIZETTI'S "L'ELISIR D'AMORE" AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

Cost: £47 including dinner

Wednesday 20 February 2008

OPENING THE HOUSE AT TRERICE

An introduction by James Breslin on the preparation for the spring opening of the property, a tour of the house and an informative archaelogical tour of the newly discovered garden.

Cost: £30 including light lunch and afternoon refreshments

 

Study Days/Afternoons

 

Friday 23 november 2007

Study Day

THE GILDED STAGE: A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF OPERA

Venue: The National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Daniel Snowman

 

Friday 14th March 2008

Study Afternoon

GEORGIAN DOMESTIC SILVER (18TH CENTURY)

Ian Pickford


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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