From Monet to Klimt, Toledo to Persepolis, and
Architecture to Music, we trust that this season's eclectic programme has
something for everyone. These fascinating and intriguing lectures will be
delivered by some of the best lecturers around; some old favourites, as well
as some new faces. We are delighted to welcome them all.
All lectures start at 11am and are held at the
San Roque Golf & County Club.
Lectures are free to members, and cost 12€ to visitors and 10€ to other
NADFAS society members.
If you would like to download a PDF version of the programme please click here.
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19th October 2011 MEN BEHAVING BADLY - ROGUES ON AND OFF THE CANVAS John Iddon: Lecturer and Guide at Tate Modern and Tate Britain, and for the Tate on P&O Cruises, as well as occasional lecturer for the National Trust and the Peggy Guggenhiem Gallery in Venice. Men have often been shown as behaving badly, frequently at the expense of women. From Hogarth's 'Rake's Progress' through to other rakes portrayed by Reynolds, or featuring in Pre-Raphalite and Victorian narrative paintings, the lecture will look at some of the artists themselves, and finally show how women strike back. SPONSERED BY: VERGOLA, SPAIN |
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16th November 2011 ARCHITECTS AS DESIGNERS - FURNITURE; CERAMICS, METALWORK - FROM FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TO NORMAN FOSTER Marina Vaizey CBE: Curator, broadcaster and journalist, Marina Vaizey has had an illustrious career as amongst other things: an art critic for the Sunday Times and the Financial Times, a member of the Arts Council, a Turner Prize Judge, and a trustee of several museums. She has lectured for such prestigious institutions as the National Gallery, the British Museum, the V&A and the British Council. Architects, from the Arts & Crafts movement to Art Nouveau, and from the Modernism of Mies van der Rohe to the flamboyant designs of Frank Gehry, have contributed to the decorative arts in unusual and fascinating ways. This lecture will look at these contributions and influences. SPONSORED BY: CORTIJO LAS FLORES |
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14th December 2011 MONET AND THE IMPRESSIONISTS - 'THE JOY AND THE TORMENT' Douglas Skeggs: Writer and presenter of TV documentaries, an artist, author of 5 novels, and one of our favourite lecturers. His book on Monet 'River of Light' has sold 30,000 copies worldwide. Ambitious, determined and stubborn, Monet was the driving force of Impressionism. In Paris he met Renoir, Sisley, Pissaro, Bazille, and eventually Manet who asked them to join his friends at the Cafe Guerbois. The group became known as the Impressionists. Monet created images of such light and beauty that it is easy to forget that they are also the substance of one of the greatest revolutions in the visual arts. SPONSORED BY: HASSANS INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM |
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18th January 2012 PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY MUSIC - AND MUSIC INSPIRED BY PAINTINGS (Lecture-Recital) Peter Medhurst: Popular NADFAS lecturer, musician and scholar, he studied singing and early keyboard instruments at the Royal College of Music and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. It has long been recognised that the worlds of the visual and aural arts link with extraordinary power when one medium inspires the other. This lecture spans over 600 years of the arts, analyses and discusses a range of related works. It brings together, amongst others, the music of Martinu with the frescoes of Piero della Francesca, and Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' with Respighi's 'Trittico Botticelliano'. SPONSORED BY: THE SOVEREIGN GROUP |
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15th February 2012 THE MAGNIFICENCE OF ANCIENT PERSIA - THE ART OF ISFAHAN, SHIRAZ AND ANCIENT PERSEPOLIS Christopher Bradley: Author, lecturer and adventure tour leader. He is expert in the history and culture of the Middle-East and North Africa and as a film producer and cameraman he has made documentaries for the BBC, National Geographiv TV and Channel 4. Christopher returns to us after his well-received lecture in 2009. Iran is a country full of wonderful historic monuments. Ancient Persian sites, like Persepolis, are a blend of styles from Egypt, Greece and India; by the 17th Century Persian Islamic Art had reached unparalleled heights, particularly in Isfahan. All of which continue to delight and impress visitors today. This lecture will reveal the splendours of these sites and explain how religious and cultural influences, as well as forced occupations, had their bearings on the region and its architecture. SPONSORED BY: GLOBAL MONEY LTD |
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21st March 2012 DREAMTIME TO MACHINE TIME - AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART Rebecca Hossack: Lecturer, Art Gallery owner, and champion of Aboriginal and Non-Western Art. Born in Melbourne she came to England in the 80's where she studied at Christies before going on to open two art galleries. Between 1993 and 1997 Rebecca served as the Australian Cultural Attache in London. Aboriginal Art is the oldest continuous artistic tradition in the world. The Aboriginal peoples' deep reverence for the land and all that comes from it is read through the signs and symbols incorporated into their paintings. The lecture looks at how to read these symbols and signs, the meaning of Dreamtime, and discusses the way the tradition had been revitalised by the use of modern medium leading to a renaissance in the Aboriginal peoples' pride in their remarkable culture. SPONSORED BY: TERRY WAYNE - Partner at BLEVINS FRANKS &The DENTISTS, Sotogrande |
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18th April 2012 EL GRECO AND TOLEDO Sian Helen Walters: Lecturer at the National Gallery in London and Surrey University, specialising in 15th and 16th century Italian painting and Spanish Art & Architecture. Known as El Greco - the Greek - because of his birthplace in Crete, then part of the Republic of Venice. After periods in both Venice and Rome he moved to Toledo and became one of the great masters of Spanish painting. Toledo was the religious capital of Spain and El Greco's work reflected this. His 'View of Toledo' is a landscape painting with a deep spiritual dimension. El Greco is not simply an old master; he is an artist from the past whose ideas were three hundred years ahead of their time. SPONSORED BY: LLOYDS BANK INTERNATIONAL |
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16th May 2012 GUSTAV KLIMT: FIN DE SIÉCLE SENSUALIST Eric Shanes: Lecturer and recently retired Chairman of the Turner Society. Eric is also the author of 13 bestselling books on Turner and many other artists. He comes back to DFAS de la Frontera by popular request. 2012 sees the 150th anniversary of the Austrian artist's birth (1862-1918); painting genius and pioneer of the 'Modern Era' Gustav Klimt revolutionized the art of painting. Although controversial his works continue to fascinate us today. His best known work, 'The Kiss', can be seen as the start of this era and is an icon of its time. His extraordinary portraits of women document the rise of the middle classes. This lecture explores Klimt's artistic development and places him within this exciting cultural context. SPONSORED BY: THE SPECTRUM IFA GROUP |
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