The Arts Society Salisbury Lecture
- £8.00
- 14 Apr 26
- St Francis' Church, Beatrice Road, Salisbury
- 13:50 - 15:00
A lecture by Arts Society accredited lecturer Dan Evans entitled Caravaggio, the Bad Boy of the Baroque.
Visitors are welcome, whether alone or as the guest of a member. There is a charge of £8 per lecture, which is waived should you decide there and then to become a member. Please see our website through the MORE DETAILS button to the right for information on our other activities and membership.
This scandalous and sometimes vicious painter produced work with cinematic compositions and intensely visceral details. His downfall is the stuff of a film not yet made and despite dying prematurely his canvases influenced a generation that followed.
Lecturer Biography:
Dan is an educationalist with a passion for all things Italian. Dan is a Housemaster and Teacher at Cheltenham College, a full boarding and co-educational independent school established in 1841 and was formerly Head of History of Art at Wycombe Abbey School. He has been lecturing since 2001, and spent 9 years working as a senior lecturer, tutor and tour guide for Art History Abroad. He was voted the British winner of the World Guide of the Year Awards in 2008 and alongside his lectures and special interest days he also leads educational study trips for groups of friends to a range of destinations in Italy.
Image: The Supper at Emaus by M Caravaggio (courtesy CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0)