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Art Appreciation

Mansfield U3A Art Appreciation group holds friendly monthly meetings to share a common interest in Western Art.

Each meeting focuses on a particular subject and we have an interesting selection of DVDs and videos by art historians which help to form the basis of our discussions.

Members are invited to participate by bringing along favourite pictures to share and discuss with the group. We also look at particular aspects of art and this has included a session on portraits from the Renaissance to the present day.

We have enjoyed local visits and we are looking forward to further visits to more well-known galleries, both national and maybe internationalwe have high hopes!

Programme - 2012
Date Topic Remarks
Monday
2nd January
"Rugs and Jugs"
A look at some of the fabrics and furnishings in art and icons and symbols relative to how we interpret a painting.
Monday
6th February
Leonardo da Vinci
(NB Change of subject)
Meeting will be led by Sandra Evans
Monday
5th March
The Glasgow Boys
Meeting will be led by Cliff Laycock
Monday
2nd April
Members' Contributions
-
Monday
30th April
Gallery Visit
TBA
May
No Meeting due to Bank Holiday; NB Extra meeting in April
Monday
4th June
TBA

Monday
2nd July
TBA

Monday
6th August
Summer Poetry Soirée at Pauline's
Bring along a favourite poem and picture
Recent events we've enjoyed
Date
Event photoalbum
2011
Summer Soiree
Joint trip with Garden Visits group to Upton House


Mansfield Art Appreciation group visit to London
We visited London on July 23rd/24th 2011
Can you spot the Rembrandt!

Helpful Links
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery - home to one of the world's finest collections of Pre-Raphaelite art, as well as extensive collections of fine and applied art, social history, archaeology and ethnography
Compton Verney - a unique opportunity to view art in the setting of a Grade 1 listed Robert Adam mansion located in 120 acres of parkland. It houses six permanent collections and has a programme of exhibitions.

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge - world-class collections of works of art and antiquities spanning centuries and civilisations
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight - one of the most beautiful collections of fine and decorative arts in the UK, including British 18th and 19th century painting and furniture, Wedgwood and Chinese porcelain displays.
Louvre - collection covering Western art from the medieval period to 1848, formative works from the civilisations of the ancient world, and works of Islamic art. The collection is grouped into eight Departments
Lowry Centre, Salford Quays - shows the works of LS Lowry alongside contemporary exhibitions in a landmark exhibition space
Manchester Art Gallery - houses many of the city’s most important fine and decorative art works covering over six centuries up to the present day
Nottingham Castle Museum - a vibrant museum and art gallery housing collections of silver, glass, decorative items, visual arts, paintings and Nottinghamshire Archaeology and History
Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery - enable us to see ourselves – and the world around us – in completely different, sometimes life-changing, ways. It houses one of the largest collections of works by David Hockney
Tate -
holds the national collection of British art from 1500 and of international modern art
Upton House - home to one of the National Trust's most important art collections

Walker Gallery, Liverpool - the national gallery of the North. Fifteen rooms display important collections from the Medieval and Renaissance periods to the present day
Web Gallery of Art - a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism and Romanticism periods

Contact: Pauline Boucher
Phone: 644798
email: paulineboucher15@yahoo.co.uk
Meeting venue: Mansfield Baptist Centre, Rosemary Street
When:
First Monday. 2.00. Visits as above.


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