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Please note, should the Britannia Bar not be available,
alternatively you can make use of the Cumberland Bar upstairs.
Dress code : Britannia Bar (downstairs): Smart casual
                    Cumberland Bar (upstairs): Lounge suit

 

Enclosed you will find the RABC's events calendar for 2008.

Not only are the First Tuesday's Drinks popular for meeting members, new members and their friends and guests, but they are also an occasion to meet guest speakers from different interesting backgrounds. The First Tuesday's Drinks take place in an informal and relaxed atmosphere and have a great appeal to young and old.

Why not contribute to this successful gathering by giving the Club your suggestions, thoughts and comments. They would be very welcome.

We would like to thank all members who have joined us on the First Tuesday Drinks to make it such a great appeal.

19th March 2008 : Lecture at the Club - "The Garden of Bomarzo"

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19 March 2008

 

THE GARDEN AT BOMARZO

A Renaissance Riddle

by Jessie Sheeler

  

In mid-16th century Italy Lord of Bomarzo, Vicino Orsini, soldier, artist, poet and freethinker, created a garden he called his sacro bosco – holy wood. Spectacular in its rugged site and enigmatic sculptures, this garden was from the outset a place to delight and challenge the intellect as well as the senses.

In the wooded valley beneath the Orsini palace at Bomarzo shady pathways led admiring visitors past structures and sculptures emblematic, ambiguous and often grotesque – works that are the product of Vicino’s fascination with alchemy, religion, sex and mythology.

Vicino’s letters reveal the mind of a man disillusioned with the blood-soaked political manoeuvres of his time, and increasingly enthralled with the making of a garden fully of symbols and mottos. They also allow an unusual insight into his complex relationships with his powerful neighbours, his exemplary wife, his alchemist friend in Rome and his succession of lovers.

“The Garden of Bomarzo” by Jessie Sheeler with dramatic photographs by Mark Edward Smith was published in hardback in July 2007. Some copies will be available for sale at the lecture.

 

 

 

6 for 6:30 pm, at the Anglo Belgian Club, 60 Knightsbridge SW1

Cost: £22 (£20 Friends of the Accademia) to include a glass of wine before the lecture

 

 

 

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