http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 May 2009 22:16:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Frank Woodgate Tuesday 24th November, 11am Gainsborough is one of the most famous portrait painters of 18th century Britain, and was as much a master of landscape as portraits.  Sir Joshua Reynolds said that the ‘chaos’ of Gainsborough’s paintings ‘by a kind of magick, as a certain distance, assumes form’ and this ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/26/lecture-with-lunch-a-kind-of-magic-the-art-of-thomas-gainsborough/ Hilary Williams Tuesday 3rd November, 11am Discussing the influence of Palladio's architecture on Inigo Jones's pioneering royal villa at the Queen's House, Greenwich; then the dissemination of Jones's style through the work of Lord Burlington at Chiswick Villa and of Colen  Campbell at Mereworth with the related Foot's Cray Place, before seeing  ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/26/lecture-with-lunch-villas-greenwich-chiswick-mereworth-foots-cray-and-danson/ Eric Shanes Friday 9th October, 11am Reynolds was undoubtedly the most decisive artistic thinker in 18th century Britain, as well as one of its greatest portraitists. In this talk a renowned historian of British art will fully explore both Renolds's artistic and intellectual achievements. Eric Shanes is the author of eleven bestselling books ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/26/lecture-with-lunch-the-presiding-genius-sir-joshua-reynolds/ Ian Kelly Monday 21st September, 11am One of the most extraordinary and revelatory figures of the eighteenth century, Casanova left a vast body of work – including a twelve-volume memoir exploring the tastes, smells and noises of his times – brazenly exposing himself at the same time in all his personal vanity, ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/26/lecture-with-lunch-casanovas-grand-tour/ Celia Fisher Monday 1st June, 11am In the fifteenth century a great flowering took place in paintings, tapestries and manuscripts, all of which, from the Netherlands to Italy, were decorated with a great variety of decorative and useful plants.  The religious, romantic and individual meanings of plants are explored, as well as ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/26/lecture-with-lunch-the-symbolism-of-plants-in-art/ Russell Bowes Tuesday 21st April, 11am A Nice Cup of Tea looks at the history of England’s national drink. Horticultural history rather than garden history, this talk looks at the story of tea from its origins in the foothills of the Himalayas and traces its journey via the Japanese Tea Ceremony and ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/26/lecture-with-lunch-a-nice-cup-of-tea/ Global Huguenot Merchant Networks featuring the Boyd Dynasty Friday 15th May, registration at 9.30am A unique and enthralling day at Danson, with presentations of new research of international significance on Huguenot merchant networks. It was John Boyd III who commissioned the building of Danson House in the 1760s as a country house for ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/16/symposium/ Thursday 19th November, 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm) £12 per person (tickets include a glass of wine in the interval) The Lullingstone Quartet have made a great name for themselves for their polished performance of light music classics interspersed with informative narration, chat and the odd bit of banter. Prepare yourselves to ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/16/evening-concert-the-lullingstone-quartet/ Tuesday 15th September, doors open at 12pm for a prompt 12.30pm lunch. £19.50 per person. Join us at Danson House for a for a delicious two course lunch followed by the opportunity to sit back and relax listening to the Thames Gateway Quartet. In this afternoon concert the Thames Gateway Quartet will explore ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/16/lunch-and-listen-the-thames-gateway-quartet/ Lorella Brocklesby Thursday 25th June, doors open at 7.30pm for wine and canapes. £15 per person New York University lecturer Lorella Brocklesby, a cultural historian and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, returns to the UK this summer, and we are delighted to welcome her back to Danson for a sparkling evening ... http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/dansonhouse/index.php/2009/03/16/evening-lecture-dazzling-stagesthe-georgian-theatre/