Blenheim Palace and the power and Glory of our Country Houses

The programme for the day includes 3 one hour lectures:- 

10.30 – 11.30 The Power and Glory of our Country Houses – their Evolution and Changing Role.

11.30 -12.00 Coffee

12.00 – 13.00 Blenheim Palace – The Agony and the Ecstasy

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.00 “Our Dwellings Shape Us” – Blenheim Today & the Shape of the Future.

Cost:    £ 40 to include coffee and lunch *

Venue:       Wilfrid Noyce Community Centre, Crown Court Car Park, Godalming GU7 1DY

Contact:   Mrs Anne Heine-Carmichael  07989 513614  nomadicanne@icloud.com

ALL ARE WELCOME !

*THE ARTS SOCIETY SURREY HILLS BARCLAYS BANK ACCOUNT NO: 90961388 SORT CODE: 20-35-35 (Please include your name in the transfer reference)

For further details of the lectures see 'Lectures'

The Honourable East India Company

These lectures explore the way in which the East India Company developed its methods of trade and facilitated the increasingly sophisticated and profound exchange of ideas between East and West. It focuses on textile design as the vehicle for this analysis, but also includes  wallpaper, porcelain and furniture, as well as the vast commercial trade in spice and tea. Examining first the 17th century textile trade with India, the lectures show how the East India Company established a methodology for sending out patterns to be copied by the local weavers and dyers, paving the way for the production of chintz – now considered to be a classic expression of English style. The lectures then turn to the 18th century and the trade with China.  Methods of production are illustrated with a number of Chinese export pieces including painted silks, furniture and porcelain.

Viv Lawes

I am an art historian, curator, author and journalist with over 25 years’ experience in the art market. I teach at several Higher Education institutions, including Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, the University of the Arts London, Imperial College, SOAS (University of London) and the City & Guilds of London Art School. In 2021

.Since 2011 I have been Senior UK Consultant to Singapore gallery One East Asia and have co-curated many exhibitions of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art in London and Singapore. When time allows I lecture as an on-board art historian for cruise lines.