THE CHANDOS FOUNDATION

Peace through understanding and cooperation

LECTURES


“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”

CICERO


"Humans control the world because they can cooperate better than any other animals, and they can cooperate so well because they believe in fictions.   Poets, painters and playwrights are therefore at least as important as soldiers and engineers."


PROF. YUVAL NOAH HARARI

(21 Lessons for the 21st Century)



“Very well researched

and articulately delivered
with depth and affection.”

THE ARTS SOCIETY  (formerly NADFAS)   

 

 The cultural historian, author and artist ANTHONY RUSSELL 

has addressed:    charities,  schools,  the RIBI,  WI, 

The Arts Soc.,  NGOs,  British Councils,  business & private organisations. 

 


LECTURE LIST

 

 

 ALL LECTURES EXPLORE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CIVILISATION:

 WHAT IS IT?   DO WE HAVE IT?   HOW DO YOU GET IT?

 

 (Click on topic for details) 









1)   Who was Tutankhamun?


   The Boy King Behind the Greatest Treasures Ever Found

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2)   The Virgins of the National Gallery London

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3)   The Mystery of Holbein's "Ambassadors"

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4)   The Power & Glory of our Country Houses

 

   Their Evolution and Changing Role

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5)   Blenheim Palace - The Agony and the Ecstasy

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6)   Venice, Canaletto and his Rivals

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7)   Beauty and the Beast

 

   Our Parish Churches and the Modern Predicament

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8)   Vincent Van Gogh - Madman or Genius

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9)   Edward Seago

 

   Landscape Perfectionist and Royal Favourite

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10)  The Great Commissions of Luke Hughes


    English Furniture Design Today

 

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 Lecturing at the Royal College of Physicians

for the National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts, Edinburgh