Get Under the Skin of Georgian Dublin

If you enjoy the beautiful Georgian buildings of Dublin, and if you would like to go further, and understand more, about the Antique & Renaissance prototypes & ideas, which underpin the appearance & design of these wonderful buildings, then you just might wish to join our last 2 Zoom talks, digging into this magical world, & making it truly accessible.
 
These lavishly-illustrated slide talks are the last 2 events in a series of 8 online zoom talks we’ve been running this year, but each talk (Talk 7 and Talk 8 ) also each function perfectly as stand-alone event.
 
In Talk 7, we will discuss, and see clearly, how the legendary Italian architect Andrea Palladio studied, measured and explored the buildings, monuments and architecture of ancient Rome; and then how he brilliantly adapted that knowledge, for the needs and lives of 16th century Italy.   (Making, in the process, some of the most beautiful and influential buildings ever created)
 
Then, the following week, in Talk 8, we will see how Irish Georgian architects were influenced by Palladio in their turn.
 
We’ll see how the ideas and ideals, the principles and proportions, of ancient Greek and Roman architecture all find their way into the buildings of Dublin and Ireland, and how, more often than not, that influence comes through the filter of Andrea Palladio, his writings and his designs.
 
It may help you to look at the great Georgian buildings of Dublin  and Ireland in a whole new light.
 
Talk 7 takes place LIVE 2PM Tuesday 22nd February, and Talk 8 is live 2PM Tuesday 1st March.
But the talks are recorded and ALL ticket-holders automatically receive an email for both the live talk and (in a separate email) a second link for the video of the recorded talk, as well.
 
You can always see more information on Dublin Decoded walks, talks, cultural tours and events, and most importantly, access to tickets for same, via the handy green “Buy now” button  on our Dublin Decoded website.  
But for those who wish to cut to the chase and who’d like to go straight to tickets, the direct link to tickets for “TALK 7 Palladio in Vicenza” (Italy) may be found HERE. 
 
And/ or if you seek a direct link to a ticket for Talk 8 – Palladio and his Foundations for Irish Georgian Architecture-  that link may be found HERE.
Please note that those who wish to have at least the option of joining the live version of the talks must complete purchase of tickets please, before 5PM the day before each talk. (So by 5PM each Monday)
 
No specialist or prior knowledge is required to participate in these talks.    We work hard to make our talks rigorously accurate, but also entertaining, enjoyable and totally accessible.
 
Join us!
Below: images of Palladio inspired buildings in Dublin; images of ancient Roman sites studied by Palladio;  and drawings made by him there;  buildings by Palladio from in and around Vicenza (Northern Italy)  and photos of models of his buildings,  from the Palladio museum, Vicenza, Italy.  
Andrea Palladio 1508-1580
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
View of the Forum in Rome
1814
Oil on canvas, 32 x 41 cm
National Gallery London.

 

The Temple of Vesta
two pages from Palladio’s vastly influential Quattro Libri  (his “Four Books of Architecture”)
above: Villa Rotunda. 
below: Palazzo Chericata (picture credits Web Gallery of Art)
below: models, and details, from Palladio museum, Vicenza (author’s own photos): 
above: model of Villa Rotunda
below: model (and detail)  of Palazzo Chiericati
above: a palazzo by Palladio (model)
below: a very revealing section through the model of Villa Rotunda. 
Below; an architectural scale model of the Basilica Palladiano (at the Palladio Museum and International Study Centre, Vicenza) . 
 
Below:  your guide, on a recent field trip in Vicenza, outside the stunning Basilica Palladiano. 
Below: just some of the spectacular 18th and 19th century buildings in Dublin influenced, often very strongly, by Andrea Palladio. 
Once again, the direct link to tickets for “TALK 7 Palladio in Vicenza” (Italy) may be found HERE. 

 
And a direct link to a ticket for Talk 8 – Palladio and his Foundations for Irish Georgian Architecture- may be found HERE.
Join us.

the Second Act is about to begin…

On the 5th of January we began Episode-1 of our first five Art History and Appreciation Talks. These richly -illustrated events are hosted each week on the now-universally-familiar Zoom platform. They boast far more beautiful images however than your average Power-Point on Zoom! Instead of flow chart and pie-charts, picture instead (already covered) stunning details from a Fra Angelico Annunciation, a memorial by Paulo Uccello, a portrait by van Eyck, or a Crucifixion scene by Rogier van der Weyden.

The talks are conducted live each Tuesday early afternoon (with two o’clock sharp start-time (14.00 GMT each week) Each talk is then also available within just a few hours to watch in recorded form also, for those who could not make the live event, or for those who simply wish to revisit the images and ideas. (The same ticket is used whether you enjoy the talk live or recorded, although the links to the live and to the recorded talk are sent out to ticket-holder in two separate emails)

Our course so far has covered Giotto in the 1300s, through the first half of the Italian and Florentine “Quatrocento” (Masaccio, Donatello, Fra Angelico, Paulo Uccello et al) then crossed the Alps as it were last week, to enjoy the great so-called “Netherlandish Primitive ” painters like van Eyck and van der Weyden.

The “bad news” is that there is just one remaining talk in this first first cycle of 5 talks, Mantegna and Bellini – this Tuesday 2nd of February (with the recorded version hot on its heels). There are two bits of good news however, the first is it’s still possible to buy a one-off ticket for that one, individual talk, Andrea Mantegna & Giovanni Bellini here This ticket, priced €12.50 is available up to 12pm Irish time, Tuesday 2nd of February. That’s to say, until 2 hours prior to the talk .

Andrea Mantegna, Triumphs of Caesar (scene 9) painted 1485-95. Royal Collection, Hampton Court.
The San Zacharia altarpiece by Giovanni Bellini 1505, San Zacharia Church, Venice.

The second, even-better news is that there is still, as we write, some availability remaining for 5- in One tickets for the entire second half of the series. In other words a discounted 5-Talk ticket covering Talks 6 to 10 inclusive.  Tickets for this second half of the series are just €50 – valid for all 5 talks- and are available here.

If a green “Buy Now” button pops up on your screen while reading, you may also hit that instead, then navigate to Zoom Art Talks, then to the window for Ticket to Talks 6-10 (Feb 9th to March 9th) 

These five talks cover the legendary High Renaissance, with great names Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, then progress to Italian masters of the 1600s like Caravaggio and the legendary sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, then onto Dutch luminaries like Rembrandt and Vermeer. Finally, in our last week, we’ll conclude with a discussion of “Grand Tour” Art of the 1700s. (Canaletto and others)

All of the talks, as noted above are richly illuminated with examples of the best artworks and many telling details: close-ups which reveal nuances of style, of technique, composition, meaning and symbolism. 

*This 5-in One ticket also includes access to all 5 live talks and free additional access to each recorded talk, for Talks 6- 10.  All guests are entitled to watch either the live and recorded versions, of every event Talks 6- 10 or both if they so wish. A link to each talk is emailed to guests within 24 hours of the live event and is then available to view for a minimum of 7 days.

Overall, this is a gentle, highly enjoyable yet superb introduction to deepen your understanding of the great Art of Italy and the Low Countries, with stunning artworks from the mid-1440s to the mid-1700s and some of the greatest art ever made in Europe. Talks last approximately 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. A bonus feature, a live Q&A,  is also available at the end of each live talk: only for those who wish to put questions or observations to the host.  This is not recorded, for obvious date protection reasons.  There is no obligation or expectation whatsoever for anyone to attend the Q&A: it’s only a bonus feature for those who may wish to pose a question or remark.

The feedback so far has been extraordinary.   We are very happy and proud to be able to make the course available to another 12- 15 people, subject naturally to availability.

If you are able we hope you will join us for this second half of the series. Tickets are available, once again,  here.

Primavera, by Sandro Botticelli painted late 1470s or early 1480s Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Leonardo da Vinci: Annunciation, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, painted circa 1472–1475
Jan Vermeer, The Astronomer, 1668, Louvre, Paris.

 

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