Speaker: Timothy Schroder This lecture looks at the king and his world through a rather special lens of the institutions concerned with gold and silver, the Mint, the jewel house and the Goldsmiths’ Company At the heart of all this sat Thomas Cromwell, who we all know now through Hilary Mantel’s novels, but who is […]
Speaker: Dr Tom Flynn Dr Tom Flynn draws on thirty years of writing, reporting and lecturing on art theft, its perpetrators and their motivations and throws light into the darker recesses of international crime syndicates. Two morning lectures followed by a sandwich lunch. For full details and a booking form please visit our website: www.theartssocietysouthdowns.org.uk. […]
Speaker: James Vaux This lecture explores how Norse myths and legends have been portrayed in the decorative and fine arts over more than 1,300 years, to reveal quite how few depictions we have, and the sometimes-sinister reasons we may not see them.
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