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Behind the Smile: The Story of the Mona Lisa
A talk for Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS) by Dr Paula Nuttall. Liskeard Public Hall, 7.30pm, non-members are welcome at a charge of £5, students with ID are free. Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece is perhaps the most iconic painting in western art. For five centuries she has been an inspiration and an object of plagiarism. Vandalised, stolen, […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS) – LS Lowry- A Visionary Artist
L.S. Lowry - A Visionary Artist- Michael Howard Please note the earlier start time of 7.00 p.m. for September's meeting to allow for the presentation of Young Arts students and their work prior to the scheduled lecture. Lowry is possibly Britain's most popular painter; yet his very familiarity has stopped us looking as closely as […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS)- Telling the Time Through the Ages
Telling the Time through the Ages- Kevin Karney Throughout history Man has been absorbed with the concept of Time, and how to measure its passing - from flowing water, burning wax, falling sand, right through to the atomic clock. Time-telling devices have always been produced with great intricacy, craftsmanship and beauty, but while poets and […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS)- Antonio Gaudi
Antonio Gaudi - with lecturer Hugh Ellwood. In Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, an astonishing genius produced forms of architecture unique to Catalonia. Revered locally, he became famous worldwide for his design of the Cathedral de La Sagrada Familia - a fabulous masterpiece, still unfinished. Architect Hugh Ellwood assesses Gaudi's legacy. Refreshments […]
Liskeard Arts Discovery Day – The Glory that was Greece: The Grandeur that was Rome
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS) Discovery Days are held on a Wednesday in the Public Hall, Liskeard and run from 9.30am - 3.30pm with refreshments beforehand, a morning coffee break and an optional £5 lunch which can be booked with the £25 ticket This month's subject is The Glory that was Greece: The Grandeur that was Rome, […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS)- A Blast from the Past
A Blast from the Past- Jonathan Weekes Somerset's own mischievous medieval musician entertains us with his mastery of the most amazing period woodwind instruments, - bladder pipe, shawm, crumhorn, doucaine, kortholt, bone flutes, and many others. Some he has made himself, others are "ethnic survivals". A bucolic wassail of a Christmas Treat to go with […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS)- From Magic Lanterns to Metro Goldwyn Mayer
From Magic Lanterns to Metro Goldwyn Mayer: The birth of the Silver Screen and the Artists it Inspired- Geri Palby Ex Fleet Street journalist, ex MGM film publicist, Geri is the ideal guide to this sparkling account of the development of the Motion Picture Industry, which changed the face of mass entertainment around the turn […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS) – The Cult of Gloriana
The Cult of Gloriana: Art, Music and Personality at the court of the Virgin Queen, the lecturer is Mark Cottle. Elizabeth I was the most remarkable woman of a remarkable age. Her reign was rich in literature, music, art and architecture. This is a welcome return for Mark, who will focus chiefly on the portraits, […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS)- Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and Humphrey Repton
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLancelot "Capability" Brown and Humphrey Repton: English landscape design in changing times 1738-1816- Keir Davidson A look at the two most important designers of the "English School", as landscaping moved away from French and Dutch influences towards a more "natural" style. Paradoxically, however, this was a period of widespread change, when the industrial and agricultural […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS) Discovery Day
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts Discovery Day is an opportunity for a more in depth look. The day runs from 9.30 am - 3.30 pm with refreshments beforehand and morning coffee break. £25 plus optional purchase of a Ploughman's lunch The Story of Endsleigh House 1809-14 (morning). Followed by a Visit to the House and Grounds (afternoon). A […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS)- Medieval Illuminated Books of Hours
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallMedieval Illuminated Books of Hours (Deferred from 2014)- Dr Christopher de Hamel These private prayer books were made for ordinary people, for use at home. They survive in huge numbers and are the most famous existing late medieval illuminated manuscripts, containing enchanting miniatures and fine decoration. Our guide to these exquisite objects is a world-renowned […]
Liskeard Arts (LIDFAS)- Riviera Paradise- Art, Design and Pleasure in the 1920’s
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallRiviera Paradise: Art, Design and Pleasure in the 1920's- Mary Alexander From the 1920's onwards an intoxicating mix of artists, writers, musicians descended on the Cote d'Azur to create a new summer season. Suntans and sportswear became de rigeur for Matisse, Picasso, Dufy, Cocteau and Chanel. Cole Porter and Scott Fitzgerald introduced a glamorous American […]
Liskeard Arts Talks- Francis Bacon
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts Talk- Francis Bacon will take place on Tuesday 12 September 2017, 7-9pm at Liskeard Public Hall Francis Bacon talk with Linda Smith He has been called the most significant and exciting British painter of the 20th century, yet also demonised as a creator of horrific, violent, ugly images. Where does the truth lie? […]
Liskeard Arts Talks- Children’s Book Illustrations
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts will have a talk on Children's Book Illustrations given by John Ericson at Liskeard Public hall on Tues 10th October between 7- 9pm Witty and stylish nostalgia about those images we have retained from the books we read as children — of Tigger, Toad, Black Beauty, Treasure Island and many more; also a peek at the […]
Liskeard Arts Talks-Sibelius and the Birth of Finland
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts Talks present Sibelius and the Birth of Finland at Liskeard Public Hall on Tues 14th November between 7- 9 pm Russia expert Rosamund Bartlett tells how Sibelius played a crucial role in the successful struggle of Finland, his beloved homeland, to become independent of Russia in 1917, a cause which produced some of […]
Liskeard Arts Talks- Catherine the Great, Empress of all the Russians
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts Talks presents Catherine the Great, Empress of all the Russians by Dr Rosamund Bartlett on Weds 15th Nov between 9.30am- 3.30 pm Above: Catherine II of Russia by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder (courtesy of Wikipedia) This is the remarkable story of how an obscure teenage German princess, Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, fended […]
Liskeard Arts Talks- St Nicholas of Myra and Santa Claus
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts Talk will be St Nicholas of Myra and Santa Claus, a case of mistaken identity given by Dr Sally Dormer on Tues 12th December at Liskeard Public Hall between 7- 9 pm One of the great mysteries of Christmas — how did an obscure fourth-century Turkish bishop eventually morph into Santa Claus? Sally […]
Liskeard Arts Talk- The Making of Landscape Photographs
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts will hold a talk on The Making of Landscape Photographs with Charlie Waite on Tues 9th January in Liskeard Public Hall between 7- 9pm One of the world's leading landscape photographers, Charlie puts himself both sides of the camera, using more than 60 of his wonderful photos to explore the relationship between the […]
Temples, Tombs and Treasures: In Search of the Queen of Sheba
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts will be holding a talk on Temples, Tombs and Treasures: In Search of the Queen of Sheba with Louise Schofield on Tues 13th February at Liskeard Public Hall between 7- 9 pm British Museum curator Louise led the exciting archeological dig in Ethiopia which discovered an enormous ancient mine - the source of […]