Study Day
SIGNS & SYMBOLS – THE HIDDEN MESSAGES IN PAINTINGS
From 9.30am until 4pm
At The Menuhin Hall
Cobham Road, Stoke d'Abernon, KT11 3QQ
Organiser: Surrey Network
Speaker: Val Woodgate
The language of symbols is a fascinating study, and one that is essential for a full understanding of art, whether mediaeval or modern. During this Study Day we shall look at works of art from the 14th to the 20th centuries to examine the way in which artists have used signs and symbols to give deeper layers of meaning to their work.
Programme
9.30 Registration
10.00 Interpretation of symbols in Christian art and in Greek myths which can be read as Christian allegories (e.g. the flaying of Marsyas)
10.30 Coffee / tea
11.00 The use of signs and symbols in 17th century Dutch painting, Hogarth’s Moralities and Victorian art (including the Pre-Raphaelites)
12.30 Lunch - Bring your own - tea/coffee available
1.30 Questions and discussion
2.30 Tea / coffee
3.00 Modern artists’ use of both traditional and personal symbols to produce some of the most
powerful works of 20th century art
4.00 Departure
Bibliography Hall’s Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art - John Murray
Speaker – Val Woodgate. Lecturer and guide at Tate Britain, Tate Modern & other London Galleries and for the National Trust etc. Lecturer for the Tate on P&O cruises. Script-writer for the Living Painting Trust (art for the blind & partially-sighted). Lecturer to NADFAS throughout Britain, and related organisations in Europe, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa.
To assure your place please visit the surrey networks site as soon as possible.
Download registration forms from the Surrey Network site