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Vienna and Versailles: Legendary 17th Century Artistic Rivalry with Alexander McCargar$26.50No reviews
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Live Virtual Tour: Parisian Latin Quarter with Gil Soltz$26.5012 reviews
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Urban Archaeology in Rome: Preservation of History with Dr. Dimo Kosmopoulos$26.508 reviews
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Churches of Rome: Michelangelo's Masterpieces with Cecilia Martini$26.503 reviews
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Following in Dante’s Footsteps: Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna with Francine Segan$26.503 reviews
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe: A Guide to the World's Largest Fair with Jenny Litster$26.502 reviews
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Cocktail-Making Class: Bourbon and Rye, America’s Native Spirits with Diana Pittet$26.503 reviews
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Berlin Wall and War Memorials: Touring the Mitte District with Lauren van Vuuren$26.503 reviews
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Scandal and Crime in Victorian England with Dr. Julie Taddeo$26.5012 reviews
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Kyoto Geisha: What You Need to Know Before Your Visit with Dr. Gavin Campbell$26.5029 reviews
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Discovering Ancient Ireland: The Folklore and the Facts with Jennifer Carbery$26.507 reviews
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Spinalonga, Greece: Crete's "Island of the Living Dead" with Dimitra Pilarinou$26.506 reviews
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Introduction to Lisbon: The City of Seven Hills with Tiago Neiva$26.5039 reviews
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Introduction to Athens: Ancient Origins and Modern Charm with Smaro Touloupa$26.5016 reviews
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Brittany: The Land of Legends with Dr. Alan Montgomery$26.5017 reviews
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Treasures of the Louvre Museum with Marie Dessaillen$26.5054 reviews
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The Scottish Highlands and Skye: An Introduction with Irene Mariani$26.50184 reviews
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British Bohemia: At Home with Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group with Dr. Alan Montgomery$26.5023 reviews
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Walking the South Downs Way: England's Pleasant Pastures with Dr. Alan Montgomery$26.5021 reviews
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Glasgow: Scotland’s Largest City with Dr. Irene Mariani$26.5022 reviews
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Underneath Naples, Italy: Bourbon Tunnels, Catacombs, and More with Danielle Oteri
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from 21893 reviewsIn the second of Dr. Norton's chat on "SIX!", she compared the lives of Henry VIII's first three queens - Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, and Jane Seymour - with their characterizations and song lyrics.
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Most people know or recognize Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" which has been popular for years. But Ms. Bolton-Porciatti provides detailed information about Vivaldi, his life and career that gives you a better understanding of the context for his compositions and his progress through his life as a composer.
Timea Andrea Lelik sets the stage for a new way to see the works of Mary Cassatt. We learn her approach to her subjects, women and children. While we know them well, MC finds new unexpected angles, mirrored postures that make us see the subject, and the world in which the subject is viewed. Cassatt paints a portrait with the face mirrored by a tea cup. She shows women reading newspapers. The women, these children are not on display....many times they are alone. We learn of Cassatt's friendships with male artists that allowed her to explore different exhibition opportunities and eventually different ways to make art - pastels, screen prints: each new media approached with confidence.
The lecture points to a time when circumstances may not have been what they appeared to be. How better to understand this than through the eyes of a superb woman artist.
Take time out to think about books you may have read or just not thought about for a while, then dive back into your day refreshed and curious!
We’ll done, great speaker & info.
Wonderful storytelling by James Grant-Peterkin about a little known but influential figure - Scotsman Selkirk. Robinson Crusoe pales with this true story. Terrifically fascinating and intriguingly told. (The speaker also references a children’s book called Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell that some may enjoy of a female Native American who was stranded on an island - another lesser known story of survival.)
Very well done - beautiful presentation!
Informative, concise, deeply knowledgeable about Selkirk and his times.
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Kate always, brings new historical information in all her talks. I love that she has music along with the history of the musicians . I listen to vivaldi but did not know much about him until her talk!
This was a wonderful review of Vivaldi's life using his Four Seasons. Kate was so organized and thorough and we loved the musical examples used for each time period.
Wonderful information about Cassatt and her paintings. Especially interesting was all the information about Cassatt’s role in women’s rights.
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