Cool Marble: The Essential Guide to Greek Sculpture |
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Rupert Willoughby to give talk hosted by The Arts Society Ealing
June 17, 2025 The Arts Society Ealing's next lecture will be given by Rupert Willoughby on the subject: Cool Marble: The Essential Guide to Greek Sculpture. From the controversial Parthenon or ‘Elgin’ marbles to the Venus de Milo, most celebrated among the ‘naked Aphrodites’, here is a chance to meet the Ancient Greeks in the raw. Contains nudity! The Ancient Greeks invented the human portrait and their sculpture formed the basis of European art. Arguably it has never been bettered. They produced statues of such beauty and realism that men are said to have fallen in love with them. Lecturer, Rupert Willoughby is an historian and classicist and the author of the best-selling Life in Medieval England for Pitkin, and of a series of histories of places, including Chawton: Jane Austen’s Village, and Basingstoke and its Contribution to World Culture. He also contributes regular obituaries to The Daily Telegraph. This talk starts at 7:30pm on Monday 23 June at St Barnabas Church Hall, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing W5 1QG. Doors open at 6:45pm, and lecture starts at 7:30pm. Visitors are welcome to attend at £8 per lecture (£3 for students); payment can be made in cash or by card on the evening. The Arts Society Ealing belongs to the large umbrella organisation, The Arts Society, previously known as the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS), which was founded in 1968. The local Society has a membership of around 140. The Arts Society Ealing holds 10 lectures a year and more information can be found by visiting its web site.
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