STUDY TOURS PAGE: Abroad — Around the U.S. — Around Central Texas
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STUDY TOURS ABROAD
Destinations chosen for significant art historical interest, particularly including special exhibitions and concentrations of material from the "modern" period--eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: museum collections, historic houses and other sites
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SPRING 2019--May 13 - 25, 2019
WALES — Art, History, and the Paths of Celtic Saints
Explore castles and crosses, the art and architecture of the early monasteries, sites of legend, several major art collections.
Three hotels, Chester (5 nights), Aberystwyth (2 nights), Hay-on-Wye (3 nights)
FROM CHESTER, important sites across the north:
Liverpool: Lady Lever Gallery and Walker Art Gallery (major collections of Pre-Raphaelites)
Holywell: St Winefride's Well, one of Wales' Seven Wonders, a pilgrimage site since 660
Basingwerk Abbey (1131), a Cistercian foundation patronized by Welsh nobility
Valle Crucis, Wales' last Cistercian abbey
Conwy Castle, one of the castles of Edward I (1283), a World Heritage Site
Llandudno, major seaside town of the north
Bodnant Garden, "the Welsh Garden of Eden"
Menai Bridge, an engineering triumph of the 19th century
Caernarfon Castle, home to the investiture of the Princes of Wales
Snowdonia, Wales' famous mountain, scenic views of Capel Curig
Powis Castle, a "survivor" famed for family wealth and exotic collections
FROM ABERYSTWYTH via scenic Pembrokeshire Coastal Path:
Picton Castle (c. 1300), a stately home with 25 species in the Secret Owl Garden
St David's (shrine of Wales' patron saint), St Non's Well, St Govan's Head and Chapel
Devil's Bridge, inspiration for a Wordsworth poem
Llandrindod: Victorian spa town
FROM HAY-ON-WYE:
Cardiff--National Gallery of Wales, Llandaff Cathedral (Rossetti triptych, The Seed of David; Burne-Jones organ case)
Tintern Abbey, one of Wales' greatest monastic ruins, a subject of Turner
Swansea--Dylan Thomas Center
FREE DAY in Hay-on-Wye, world-renowned "Town of Books"
Gloucester Cathedral on the way to Heathrow; overnight there for easy departures the next day
Detailed Itinerary and Registration Information in 2-page flyer at left. Group size limited to 14. Half full on 10-23-18
This is a tour for physically active travelers; three hotels and chartered coach transportation will allow visits to all parts of Wales and the magnificent scenery of its mountainous topography
Questions: karen_pope@mac.com | All arrangements by Four Seasons Travel: fourseasons10@hotmail.com
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Wales 2019 flyer+registration |
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| Jonathan Adams, Millennium Center opera house, Cardiff |
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| STUDY TOURS ABROAD: Additional Destinations in the Works
German Art & History Along the Mighty Rhine
Cologne to Munich, possibly via cruise
Ireland of the Celts
Castles, monasteries, libraries, and museums with focus on the sites and monuments resonant of the times of the Celts and Celtic reverberations in later times
CONTEMPLATED:
Vienna: Old Masters to Modernity
Great art museums, splendid architecture, and a powerful musical heritage
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| Book of Kells, c. 800 (Trinity College, Dublin): Book of John, incipit |
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TOURS AROUND THE U. S.
Long weekends in spring and fall, with focus on major art collections and historic architecture
Group arrangements include historic hotels and special receptions
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| The 2018 Friends Tour: Great Houses of the Hudson River tour members in Rhinebeck at the Beekman Arms, once run by an ancestor of our friend, Hal Bogardus |
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| SPRING 2019 -- April 24-29, 2019
North Carolina: History, & Architecture, Tidewater to the Blue Ridge
FRIENDS OF THE NEILL-COCHRAN HOUSE MUSEUM STUDY TOUR #15
Details appear in the 2-page flyer at left.
Arrangements by Karen Bluethman Heart of Texas Tours on behalf of the Neill-Cochran House Museum
Nearly full. Contact us to join waiting list--a lot can happen between now and April!
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DAYTRIPS in Central Texas
Chartered coach transportation, lunch, museum admissions, snacks, handouts.
Email to reserve; follow with your check.
Cancellations because of illness, etc., are understandable; however, a flurry of last-minute cancellations can make it impossible to meet the budget. Same-week cancellations may not be eligible for refunds. You are always welcome to give your place to a friend.
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| Charles Demuth, Buildings, 1930 |
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| END-OF-THE-YEAR DAYTRIP: Dallas Museum of Art
Planned date: Saturday, December 1, 2018
Three Special Exhibitions:
"An Enduring Legacy: The McDermott Collection of Impressionist and Modern Art"
Exhibition dedicated to the single largest benefactors in the Museum’s history, the late Margaret and Eugene McDermott, visionary patrons of the arts, education, and healthcare in Dallas. This exhibition presents their final bequest of 32 artworks to benefit the DMA, including works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Sisley, Signac, Picasso . . .
"Cult of the Machine: Precisionism in American Art"
Key paintings by American Precisionists such as Charles Sheeler, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Demuth, and iconic works by the masters of straight photography such as Paul Strand, Berenice Abbott, and Edward Steichen characterize a fascinating focus of visual artists between the world wars
"Ida O'Keeffe: Escaping Georgia's Shadow"
50 works by Georgia O'Keeffe's older sister revealing a distinct artistic identity
Short visit to Thanks-Giving Square (Philip Johnson, 1976)
Details at left; send an email to express your interest in participating
15 spots left October 23
Arrangements as usual: chartered coach, snacks, music, discussion, lunch, admissions--all included
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Dallas Daytrip Flyer (1 page) Dec. 1, 2018 |
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| Berthe Morisot, The Cradle, 1872 (Musée d'Orsay) |
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| ALMOST-SPRING DAYTRIP: Dallas
Planned date: March 2, 2019
Back to Dallas for a very special exhibition: "Berthe Morisot, Woman Impressionist"
This international exhibition is dedicated to one of the founding members of the French Impressionist movement, Berthe Morisot. Berthe Morisot, Woman Impressionist will focus on the artist’s treatment of the modern figure through approximately 60 paintings from public and private collections around the world.
Additional itinerary elements TBA -- possibly the Meadows @ SMU, or time for Nasher and Crow Collections
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