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About: Lecture Programme - Woking DFAS - Last Year Decorative & Fine Arts Society Woking Surrey - NADFAS - National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies Woking DFAS Lecture Programme 2011 All Lecturers are carefully chosen based on their reputation for attractive and well-presented talks with good pictures. Lectures take place on the second Wednesday of each month except July and August, so thats under 4.00 per lecture. Lectures commence promptly at 10.30am at Bisley Pavilion, Bisley Camp, Queens Road, Bisley Woking Surrey GU24 0NY Members may bring a visitor, but the same person may not be a guest more than twice a year. Londons Unseen History (D) This lecture takes a fresh look at Londons development over the centuries. It includes rivers that are now underground, Roman London, tunnels and Joseph Bazalgettes sewer system. Lecturer: Peter Lawrence Dip Local Hist (Ldn Univ) Peter Lawrence is a tutor in architectural history and is a retired member of Royalty and Diplomatic protection at Scotland Yard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 9th 2011 Fakes and Forgeries: The Art of Deception (D) The question of fake decorative art has been in vogue for centuries; however, increasingly sophisticated methods are being used by criminals to generate vast profits. The lecture reveals actual studies, demonstrating the lengths to which forgers will go in passing off works as legitimate. Lecturer: Malcolm Kenwood Malcolm Kenwood has 20 years experience as a police detective investigating art antiques crime. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 9th 2011 Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest Profession (D) This lecture is a mixture of art-historical analysis and scandalous anecdote, taking a generally light-hearted look at changing attitudes to sexual morality down the ages. It examines the portraits and careers of some of historys most notorious ladies but also looks at the complex and ambiguous attitudes of art and society towards the working girls at the lower end of the scale. Lecturer: Linda Smith BA (Hons), MA Linda Smith is an art historian who lectures at Tate Modern, Tate Britain and Dulwich. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 13th 2011 The Sublime and the Ridiculous: a Look at Victorian Painting
