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Our Study Mornings are now being held in the Duke Street Church, Richmond TW9 1DH which is a 4-minute walk from Richmond Railway Station and there are many buses that stop outside the station and The Quadrant. Registration is at 9.30am and the first lecture starts at 10am.  There is a 30 minute coffee break before the second lecture.  Study mornings usually finish at about 1pm and there are lots of places to go for lunch with friends afterwards.

Guests and friends are especially welcome to join us.  If you would like to come to any study day please email Richard@Lebus.net and he will send you details. 

Tuesday 31 May 2022
Lucrezia Walker on The Golden Age of Dutch Art
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The Modern Art Market began in 17th century Holland where travellers to the Low Countries observed that there were more artists than butchers in Amsterdam! Lucrezia explains what drove this new market in this new republic of the Dutch Golden Age.

Wednesday 26 October 2022
Helen Rufus-Ward on Byzantium and the Mosaics of Ravenna
The study morning reveals the diverse richness of Byzantine decorative arts.  The first lecture explores the fascinating story of Byzantine Empire through a myriad of amazing objects – sculpture, architecture, wall paintings, mosaics, enamels, crown jewels, stolen treasures, silverware and ivory carvings.  The second lecture will focus on Ravenna and its magnificent mosaics.

Tuesday 14 February 2023
Louise Schofield on Travels with a Trowel: Adventures of an Archaeologist
Louise will take us to a mysterious and atmospheric ancient city on the coast of southern Albania, to the banks of the Tigris and the Euphrates and the wild and wonderful mountains of northern Ethiopia. [Please note that this is a change to our advertised programme due to illness.]

Wednesday 31 May 2023
Jo Walton on Italian Baroque Sculpture: Bernini and Canova
In our first lecture we’ll meet Gianlorenzo Bernini (c.1598-1680), not only a sculptor but also an architect and urban planner who left his mark on the city of Rome, creating churches, palaces and fountains as well as an array of remarkable statues, tombs and portrait busts. After a coffee break we’ll look at the sculptures of Antonio Canova (1757-1822) working a century later. He was a master of the Neo-Classical style. Elegant and restrained, his work was inspired by the ebullience of the Baroque and by the classicism of the antique.

Thursday 26 October 2023 (Revised date)
Anne Haworth on Rare and Exquisite Vessels for Perfume
The lecture begins with glass-making in the Ancient World and continues through time to focus on the golden age of the 18th century when porcelain and silver makers made perfume containers for an aristocratic clientele. The lecture concludes by looking at exotic glass bottles made by Tiffany and Lalique. The lecture also looks at the world of the merchant, the art of the perfumer and the emergence of the great perfume houses of Paris including Guerlain and Houbigant

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