Southwell U3A History of Art Group 2022 Programme

Theme: 17th Century European Art 
 
18 January:
An Illustrated Introduction to the History of 17th century Europe.                      
 
15 February:
 Caravaggio, Gentileschi’s, Bernini (sculpture) and other Italian Artists.     
                                                                                
15 March:
Artists of Flanders: Rubens, Van Dyck and others (e.g. Brueghel’s dynasty; Clara Peters)
19 April: Easter Holiday. No Meeting.
 
17 May:
Dutch Republic genre painters: Vermeer and others (e.g. Nicolas Maes; Jan Steen;                            
                                                                               de Hooch; Judith Leyster; Emanuel de Witte).
                                                        
21 June:
Dutch Republic landscapes and seascapes (e.g. Jan van Goyen; Salomon van Ruysdael; Jacob
                                                                                                                                          van Ruisdael.
 
19 July:
Dutch Republic still life, vanitas and flowers (e.g. Willem Heda; Rachel Ruysch.)
 
16 August:
Rembrandt and Hals (the ‘giants’ of Dutch Republic Portraiture).
                                                                                                      
[Wallace Collection: Frans Hals, The Male Portrait: Exhibition Sept 2021 to 30 Jan 2022]
 
20 Sept:
France: Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin (landscape painters).
               Charles le Brun (architect of Versailles, Louvre and Vaux-le-Vicomte).
 
18 Oct:
Spain: Velasquez and El Greco.                               
 
15 Nov:
Spain: Ribera; Zurbaran; Murillo and others
 
20 Dec:
England: Wren and Indigo Jones (architecture), Miniaturists (e.g. Hilliard; Oliver; Cooper)
 
17 Jan 2023:
British portraiture (e.g. Lely; Kneller; Dobson).