Programme
New membership year 2023/4
At our new venue: Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall, 50a Main Street, Woodhouse
Eaves, LE12 8RZ.
7pm for 7.30pm
11th April 2024
Keith Bonser
Caravaggio Painter Extraordinaire, Flawed Genius &…..? Murderer.
My presentation is a very personal account of how Caravaggio came into my life. This
journey embraces the story of his life and his paintings, and epitomises the ability of Art
to inspire anyone.
The core presentation is followed by an interactive open
discussion on related topics.
For example;
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The Betrayal of Christ; A painting ‘lost’ for almost
400 years, found by chance in Dublin 1990
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No body, no grave, no record of his death. How did
Caravaggio die?
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Caravaggio and his models, including himself
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Did Caravaggio’s alleged bi-sexuality, trigger a
sequence of events which directly led to his
premature death?
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Malta; A year on the island which promised so much, but ended in disaster
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Caravaggio and Costanza Colonna; A bond that helped him throughout his life and
very nearly saved him …….., but not quite.
A portrait of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
9th May 2024
Mark Temple
A Picture Tour of Woodhouse Eaves and its neighbours.
Changes over 100 years
House party at Beaumanor Hall,
Woodhouse Eaves in 1926.
Photo: WikiMedia Commons
13th June 2024
David Rosier
Imperial Chinese Court Art & Portraiture.
David returns from the Scottish Highlands to present more
from his vast collections of Chinese Culture, some of which
he will bring.
This lecture explores the origins and evolution of the
nature and function of paintings created under an
Emperor's patronage by artists of the Imperial School of
Art.
Court art evolved separately from classical Chinese
paintings and included portraiture plus scenes of court life
and significant State Events. These were used as visual evidence of the political power
of the Emperor and the splendour of his court.
The lecture concludes by considering the revolution in court art that occured in the 18th
century as Emperor Qianlong deployed Western artistic skills and techniques brought by
Jesuits invited to the Forbidden City.
A Chinese Mandarin by George Chinnery
New membership year 2024/5
SEPT Brian MacDonald – “Treasures of the Black Tent.”
OCT James Wright – “In Search of Britain’s Oldest Pubs.”
NOV Rosamund Bartlett – “The Culture of Ukraine.”
DEC Barry Venning – “Giles Cartoons.”
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