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| Art Appreciation
A friendly monthly meeting 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
international - we have high hopes!
| Programme - 2010 | Friday
28th May | Members’ contributions
| 10.00 am - 12 noon | Tuesday
29th June | CANALETTO AND VENICE
| 10.00 am - 12 noon | Friday
16th July | Summer Soirée with poetry at Pauline's home | 6.30 pm | Thursday
30th September | The Rokeby Venus by Velasquez | 10.00 am - 12 noon | Thursday
21st October. | Gustav Klimnt | 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
| Monday
29th November | Christmas Art
| 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm |
 We
posed in front of Sir Joshua Reynolds's 1788 portrait of Dr John Ash,
founder of Birmingham General Hospital - one of the many stars of
Birmingham Art Gallery's collection - when we went there in April 2010.
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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
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
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: paulineannboucher@yahoo.co.uk
Meeting venue: St John's Centre, Mansfield and as above.
When: Dates are pre-arranged to suit members 3 - 4 months in advance.
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