Welcome to the History of Art page
Next meeting: 3p.m., Wednesday, September 4th 2019.
Venue: Dorset Youth Association, Lubbeke Way, DT1 1QL.
Venue: Dorset Youth Association, Lubbeke Way, DT1 1QL.
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The History Of Art group was formed in the summer of 2013 so we are an established group, led by Clive, Kelvin and Mike. Like many other groups we run the sessions co-operatively, with different members contributing. We have decided on a chronological approach and have so far covered the art periods up to the Renaissance. Each session consists of a presentation which is followed by a refreshment break. We have then been watching a series of DVD programmes aimed at providing guidance on how to look at great Art.
Please note change of venue for our meetings We meet on the first Wednesday of the month at the Dorset Youth Association between 3.00 and 5.00 p.m. (see below for a location map) You are very welcome to join us - as they say, "Ars Longa Vita Brevis"! Currently we have spaces for new members but please contact the Group Leader first.
Contact us (details in Newsletter) if you want to get involved with the History of Art group. This is open to U3A members only however. If you wish to become a U3A member please see the 'How it runs' menu from our home page
The group on our 2019 Belgium Trip, admiring art in Brussels. Photo: Kelvin Huff
Venice Trip 8-13 November 2017
30 members took part this time. A report and some pictures can be viewed below.  The group in front of the Church of Santa Maria and St. Donato in Murano, 2017/ Photo: Viviana using Kelvin's camera!
A short report on the Venice trip by Kelvin can be read below. 
Web-page maintained by Kelvin Huff
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The History of Art group with artist/curator Tim Craven (second left). Photo: Mike Aylott
Meetings for the Spring Term of 2020
January In place of our January meeting, I have arranged with the Holburne Museum in Bath for us to have a group visit to the Grayson Perry "The Pre-therapy Years" exhibition. The date I have arranged is Tuesday 28th January. There is a big school party the day before, and the Wednesday / Thursday are difficult for a number of us. It's not a big discount - £10 a head instead of £12, but if you have an Art Fund card it's only £7. We need a minimum of ten people to get the group discount. I'd appreciate it if everyone in the group could pay me with a £10 note, or £7 if you have an Art Fund card) so that I can pay the Gallery in one transaction, and we only have to fill in one Gift Aid form, which will save time. If we go by train, as many of us will, it's the one that goes from Dorchester West station at 9.02am (8.49 from Weymouth). We should reach Bath Spa station at 11.05, and the gallery at around 11.30.Senior rail card holders, or those in groups of 3+ can get a return ticket for £12.95. (Groups will need to travel together on the return trip). Mike Aylott February 5th: The Vienna Secession. Val Stevens March 4th: Sculpture. Clive Topper April 1st: The Art of the Weimar Republic. Kelvin Huff 
The Group visiting the Maiden's House in Antwerp, 2019. Photo: Kelvin Huff
Indoor meetings programme
Hitherto we have taken a chronological look at painting and sculpture, from ancient times through classical, then medieval art, landing up in the High Renaissance, both Italian and Northern. We have recently started to look more at modern art, and over the next few years hope to progress in three main strands: 1) Old Masters: the “big three” of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael, then Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Hals & Co. 2) Sculpture - resuming in the middle of the extensive classical Greek period. 3) Modern Art from c1900: the Vienna Secession, Russian art, the Fauves, early German expressionism, war art. Kelvin's account of the Madrid trip can be viewed and downloaded below. An edited version appears in the Spring 2019 Newsletter.
The group at the Roman acqueduct in Segovia. Photo: Jana using Kelvin's camera!
The group at the Prado, Madrid. Photo: Kelvin Huff
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