The Arts Society, Nerja
Velázquez and the Golden Age of
Spanish Painting well-honed instinct for talent drew him to the young, brilliant
Diego Velázquez who would become his court painter,
recording his likeness and that of his family for over 30 years.
Tuesday November 13th 2018
The Cultural Centre (Casa Cultura) Calle Granada, Nerja.
6pm (Doors open at 5pm and tickets only available on the
night). Visitors are most welcome. Entrance €10 (Members of
other The Arts Societies €5). A fully illustrated lecture in
English by Siân Walters MA
(Cantab) sponsored by La Caixa
Bank. Velazquez soon became internationally recognised as the
greatest artist of his generation, praised for his ability to
capture a sitter’s personality or mood and admired for his
mysterious, varied and often provocative subjects and
interpretations.
Many of his paintings are deliberately enigmatic, creating
heated debate even today. This lecture will trace the rise of his
glittering career at one of the most illustrious courts in Europe.
The 17th century is known as the
Golden Age of Spanish Art, a
period in which the country was
able to use its vast wealth,
accumulated during the 1500s
following the expansion of its
territories in Europe and the
Americas, to fund extravagant
and ambitious programmes of
About Siân Walters
Studied at Cambridge University. Lecturer at the National
Gallery and Surrey University, specialising in 15th and 16th
century Italian painting, Spanish art & architecture, and the
relationship between dance and art. Also teaches private
courses, and organises lectures, study days and art holidays
abroad. Has lived in France and Italy, where she worked at the
Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice.
Charles Dickens - the Man and his Life
through his Characters
Tuesday November 27th 2018
The Cultural Centre (Casa Cultura)
Calle Granada, Nerja.
6pm (Doors open at 5pm and tickets
only available on the night). Visitors
are most welcome. Entrance €10
(Members of other The Arts Societies
€5). A fully illustrated lecture in
English by Bertie Pearce BA (Hons)
sponsored by Avalon Funeral Plans.
2012 was the bicentenary of the birth
of Charles John Huffam Dickens. He
brought into the world a staggering
Charles Dickens
array of wonderful characters with
orphans, starving children, misers,
murderers and abusive school teachers among them. People
such as Mr Mcawber, Fagin and Abel Magwitch remain in one's
literary psyche long after the books are put down. Largely self-
educated, Dickens posessed the genius to become the greatest
writer of his age with 15 major novels and countless short
stories and articles.
building and painting.
At the helm of the country’s artistic patronage was King Philip
IV, one of the greatest collectors of art throughout Europe. His
In this lecture Bertie Pearce looks at
the life and places of Dickens while
interspersing the events with readings
of his works. A truly Dickensian
experience.
About Bertie Pearce
Bertie Pearce talked to us about
Wonder Workers & The Art of
Illusion in 2010, Punch and Judy in
2013 and entranced us with his magic
at a lunch in November 2015
Bertie Pearce
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