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THE SOUTH AND EAST OF ENGLANDWEST MEETS EAST: HOW LUXURY GOODS FROM THE ORIENT CHANGED THE TASTES OF EUROPE • Three study days with a linking themeDay 1, 26 September 2017: The Silk Road and the sea: Europe’s gateways to the treasures of the EastThe story of how mercantile exchanges started with the spice trade well before Marco Polo’s visit to China, followed by established routes for a wide range of luxuries travelling west through the Middle East and Levant, with the merchants of Venice playing a key role in the developing market throughout Europe. Day 2, 18 October 2017: Precious cargoes from the EastThe great East India Trading companies of the Dutch, Portuguese and British brought wonderful luxury goods to the Royal Courts of Europe and beyond, notably porcelain and silk from China, lacquer and rather different porcelain from Japan, and a range of desirable textiles from India. All of these strongly influenced fashion and design throughout Western culture.Day 3, 21 November 2017: Orientalism and the European ImaginationThree separate lectures looking in detail first at 17th- and 18th-century Chinoiserie, then the late Victorian Aesthetic movement and Japonism, ending with a focus on couture, jewellery and fashion from the early 1900s to the 1960s.The Hub, High Wycombe HP11 1NJ£30 for each day(inc. refreshments & sandwich lunch)Contact: Lisa Green, 26 Brands Hill Avenue, High Wycombe HP13 5QA email: lisachilternhills@gmail.comOrganised by The Arts Society Chiltern Hills Area chilternhills.nadfas.netRADIANCE AND BEAUTY: A STUDY IN STAINED GLASS27 September 2017, 10am–3pmLittle Baddow Memorial Hall,Little Baddow CM3 4TAWith Roger Rosewell£30 (inc. lunch and drinks)Contact: Amanda Kerr, 28 Fitzwalter Road, Colchester CO3 3SY, tel: 01206 546800email: mail.fairway28@gmail.comOrganised by The Arts Society Essex Area essex.nadfas.netARTISTIC AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS TRANSCEND ALL NATIONAL BORDERS• Five study days with a linking theme Most people who participate in artistic and cultural activities believe that these activities enhance the quality of their lives. We explore how and why aesthetic ideas transcended national borders and examine the results.Day 1, 3 November 2017: Art Nouveau from St Petersburg to Mexico City: art for the people 1890–1910With Anne AndersonDay 2, 10 November 2017: The Bauhaus and beyond: the arts in Europe between the World WarsWith Rosamund BartlettDay 3, 16 November 2017: From East to West and back again: cultural exchange in the Middle AgesWith Sally DormerDay 4, 24 November 2017: The triumph of the arts over politics and religion in the age of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation 1480-1690With Clare Ford-Wille Day 5, 1 December 2017: Between the Far East and Europe: the Islamic world as an artistic source and cultural conduitWith James AllanSouthampton City Art Gallery and Lecture Theatre, 10.30am–3.30pm£24 per day, £120 for five days (inc. coffee)Contact: Jean Bolton, 20 Daniells Walk, Lymington SO41 3PN email: jeanbolton@waitrose.comOrganised by The Arts Society Hampshire & Isle of Wight Area hantsiownadfas.org.ukFROM THE SUBLIME TO THE REAL: THE ART OF NORTH AMERICAFrank Woodgate follows the progress of American art from the time of the early American settlers at the end of the 18th century through the 19th and into modern art in the USA in the 20th.22 November 2017, 10am–3.30pmBest Western Hotel, Tiverton EX16 4DB£36 (inc coffee & two-course lunch)Contact: Sheila Hughes tel: 01395 516373 email: sheilaswstudydays@gmail.comOrganised by The Arts Society South West Area nadfasswarea.org.uk58STUDY DAYSThe Arts Society ReviewSummer 2017
