Looking at Early Christian Art: Ivory Panels in the British Museum
The British Museum contains many wonders, but you may have missed this astonishing set of carved ivory panels made in 5th century Rome, illustrating scenes from Christ’s Passion and Resurrection.
They are amongst the earliest representations of this subject. What do they tell us about early Christianity? What were they for? Who made them - and for whom?
Join us for a discussion about these fascinating items.
Presented by Beverly Stanford
“From my Walls”
I hope you will be intrigued by the subject of the next Talking about Art.
This is a members only event. Presenters will talk about works of art that they have acquired and are special in some way to them. Hence the title “From my Walls”. You will see paintings and sculptures and maybe other kinds of artefact. Specifically, paintings by two landscape water-colourists, one working in Italy in the 18c and the other specialising in 20c Norfolk views, and works by a contemporary sculptor living in the Welsh Marches will be shown.
Judy Branston, Anna and I have signed up to show our objects and may be joined by one or two other presenters. May I tempt you to contribute? I can help with putting together the slide show. Email me on talkingart@theartssocietycotswolds.org.uk.
Book your place through Bookwhen: www.Bookwhen.com/TASC
Mark Aveline, Organiser
Influential Art
There are works of Art that have helped shape history. Others have come to represent or symbolise world events. At the March TASC virtual coffee morning, we will look at some of these influential pieces and the stories behind them.
Here is an example. Who created it and why? How may they have shaped public opinion and history?
Presented by Rachel Gallagher and Mark Aveline
Sign in from 1045. Presentations start at 1100 and finish at 1200
Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) lived and worked as a portrait painter in Edinburgh all his life, at the time when the Scottish Enlightenment was flourishing and the New Town was being built.
Presented by Anna Aveline
Dogs in art: Part 1. Dogs have been represented in art since the earliest times. This talk begins with cave paintings, moves to Egypt and China, and ends with Velasquez, the 17th century masterly painter of Philip IV and his dogs.
Presented by Mark Aveline
Two outstanding female artists: Artemisia Gentileschi and Rosa Bonheur
Born in 1593, Gentileschi was a most accomplished Italian Baroque painter. Producing professional work by the age of 15 at a time when women had few opportunities to pursue artistic training or work as professional artists, Gentileschi was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence. Overcoming the most difficult personal circumstance in her teens, she became a renowned painter of women, depicting them with a fine sense of drama, colour and naturalism.
Born in 1822 into a family of artists in Bordeaux, Gironde, Rosa Bonheur is best known for her painting of animals. Her mother, a piano teacher, and her father, a landscape artist, encouraged her in this work. In her 20’s, she had great success with Ploughing in the Nivernais, a Government Commission. In 1885, she completed her most famous work, the monumental The Horse Fair. She gained fame in the UK and North America and was the first woman to be awarded Officer of the French Legion of Honour. Outspoken about her personal life, she often wore male attire not because she wanted to be a man but to claim their power and freedom.
Presented by Brian Etheridge
