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Reader Courses... open to all members, Affi liates, family and friendsGreater LondonPlease contact the Study Course Organiser (SCO) to book the relevant course. IF YOU WANT YOUR TICKET BY POST: send a cheque, made out to ‘NADFAS Greater London Area’, to the SCO of each course, together with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Separate cheques should be sent for each course. IF YOU WANT AN E-TICKET, email the relevant SCO to check availability, then send a cheque (or cheques), made payable to ‘NADFAS Greater London Area’, to arrive within fi ve days. No refunds will be given except in exceptional circumstances, unless there is a waiting list. Tickets may be sold on. For more study days see the website gla.nadfas.net.Please note, incorrect details were given in the winter issue of the Review for the ‘Lost Empires’ course (page 21) at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House. The course is on Friday April 21 at 10.30am, not April 7 as stated.DER BLAUE REITER 1911–14: AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY GROUP OF REVOLUTIONARY ARTISTSDate: 3 May 2017Time: 10.30am–3.30pmVenue: The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3ATTutor: Clare Ford-WilleCost: £34 (coffee & biscuits, no lunch)SCO: Judith Leon, 163 Lichfi eld Court, Sheen Road, Richmond, TW9 1AZ or email: studycourses.gla@gmail.com This international group of artists originated in 1911, when Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc organised an exhibition in the Gallery Thannhauser in Munich. The group also included Paul Klee and August Macke, and was named after Kandinsky’s picture Le Cavalier Bleu. Although the group disbanded at the outbreak of war in 1914, their ideas in painting and the graphic arts were ground-breaking and infl uential.ISLAM: ART & ARCHITECTUREDate: 8 May 2017 Time: 10.30am–3.30pmVenue: The Art Workers’ Guild (as before)Tutor: Chris BradleyCost: £34 (inc. coffee & biscuits)SCO: Judith Bone, 150 Avenue Road, London W3 8QG, email: jpbstudyday@gmail.comThe position of art within Islam has never been under so much scrutiny. After an explanation of Islam and its history, we examine the great wealth of artistic treasures. Within unifying themes of mosques, minarets, madrassas and mausoleums, each region has its distinct history infl uencing the decorative art of carved wood, ceramics, inlaid metalwork, glass, mosaics, textiles, carpets, buildings and gardens that we see today.ELEANOR OF AQUITAINEDate: 2 June 2017Venue: Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BETime: 10.30am–3.30pmTutor: Dr Margaret KnightCost: £27.50 (no coffee)SCO: Jenny Mulholland, 16 Landford Close, Rickmansworth WD3 1NG, email: jenny.mulholland@live.com Eleanor was 81 when she died in 1204. Twice a Queen Consort and Duchess of her own lands in Aquitaine, she was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women of the High Middle Ages. Well educated, intelligent, strong-willed and beautiful, she inspired the troubadours who wrote poetry in her honour, but her life was no romance. She was accused of Above: The tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Fontevraud Abbey, France. The queen and her remarkable life is the focus of a study day by the Greater London Area22 NADFAS REVIEW / SPRING 2017 www.nadfas.org.ukEDUCATION: COURSES