Stratford-upon-Avon
Decorative and Fine Arts Society

Study Days are held twice a year and give members the chance to meet and explore subjects in greater depth than is usual. The days comprise a guest lecturer who will give three lectures on a chosen topic. There is opportunity for discussion and it is sometimes possible to examine artefacts at close range.

Meetings are usually held in the Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon and include coffee on arrival and lunch.

Booking usually starts two months before the event and only cheques made payable to SADFAS can be accepted.

Tuesday 2nd March 2010

Courtesy of Suzanne Perrin

On 2 March we shall study Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period, covering the eighteen and nineteenth centuries. Urban society and leisure, including such icons as kabuki actors and tea ceremonies, and the development of woodblock prints, their themes printing and publication will all be covered. We shall see some of the works of Hokusai and Hiroshige, including The Great Wave at Kanagawa. Members may bring their own Japanese prints for discussion.

Tuesday 19 October 2010

A day devoted to the great city of Madrid, with its incomparable art, architecture and history will be on 19 October. The city’s history, architecture and its fortunes from the Moors, through the Hapsburgs and Bourbons to modern times will be followed by highlights from the Prado. The Thyssen–Bornemisza collection will be covered and Picasso’s Guernica is to be discussed.