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NORTH
EAST AREA STUDY DAYS 2012 "The
effect of war on the fine arts
Thursday 29 March 2012 War, Art and Myth in Ancient
Greece Neil Faulkner War was central
to the Ancient Greek World. Athens
was at war three years out of every four
during the Classical Age and men were
obliged to do military service.
Being a warrior was part of the definition
of citizenship, manhood and
Greekness. War features heavily in
the myths - in particular Homer's account
of the Trojan War in The Iliad
- and all the Greek heroes were
warriors. Ancient Greek art is
therefore full of images of both mythic
and contemporary warfare, so we shall
explore this central feature of Greek
experience from the 12th to the 4th
century BC through the medium of sculpture
and vase painting. At Harewood House Nr Leeds from 10.00am-3.00pm. Price £30 to include coffee, entrance to the house and gardens. A sandwich lunch may be purchased in advance for £8.50 per head.
Monday 23 April 2012 Wars and Medieval Cathedrals Jon Cannon 'Cathedrals' and 'war' are not terms that often go together, but the English cathedrals were affected by and reflected the impact of warfare in medieval times in surprising ways, especially in the north. This day school will take the form of a series of lectures exploring the theme from the Norman Conquest to the Dissolution of the monasteries, with a significant preamble stretching aback into the Dark Ages.' At The Bar Convent in York from 10.30am-3.30pm. Price £30 to include coffee. Lunch may be ordered in advance for £8.50 per head. The Bar Convent is approximately five minutes walk from York Station.
Thursday 17 May 2012 Goya: War and Peace,
Revolution and Exile Gail Turner The Spanish
artist Francisco de Goya's long life
spanned the reigns of four Bourbon
monarchs, and a period of considerable
social and political upheaval, including
the Peninsular Wars. His early works
were designs for the Tapestry Works in
Madrid, but by the 1790's he branched out
into portrait painting,
political satire, imaginative
commentaries and experimental work. Goya
was an energetic and restless artistic
genius whose paintings reflected the
turbulence of his age. At The Bar Convent in York
from 10.30am-3.30pm. Price £30 to include
coffee. Lunch may be ordered in advance
for £8.50 per head.
Thursday 28 June 2012 Art, War and Peace in the
Balkans Mark Powell In the year 2000
the Architectural Review commissioned Mark
Powell to research and write about the
post-war reconstruction of the "Pearl of
the Adriatic", the beautiful city of
Dubrovnik. He relates this experience,
that of a journey in 1992 where he
photographed and drew the vulnerable
monuments of the Adriatic coast even while
some were under bombardment, and an
architectural tour he led into Bosnian
towns recovering from war, filmed by the
BBC. He also covers the illustration of
war by artists: Jaroslav Cermak in 19th
century Montenegro; Joyce Cary in the
Balkan wars; the Austro-Hungarian Ludwig
Hessheimer in WWI and Stanley Spencer's
memorial chapel to the Macedonian
campaign. At
Harewood House, Nr Leeds from
10.00am-3.00pm. Price £30 to include
coffee and entrance to the house and
gardens. Lunch may be ordered in
advance at £8.50 per head.
There is a 10% discount if all four Study Days are booked.
To enquire about Area Study Days for 2012 please contact: Mrs Elizabeth
Evans by email evans.worsall@btinternet.com
Short biographies of lecturers:
Gail Turner
is an historian, art historian and
painter. She lectures regularly for
The Art Fund, Cambridge International
Summer School, the V&A and Courtauld
Institute. She contributes to arts
magazines.
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29 March Study Day Ancient Greek Warriors on
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