| 23 January |
The Journey Begins
Mark Byford explains how a chance encounter with François Lemoyne’s painting of The Annunciation led him to set out on a three-year pilgrimage of discovery, to understand the history of the eighteenth-century picture that came to Winchester College from Paris in 1729 and to learn more about Luke’s gospel passage that was the inspiration behind the image. One bishop tells him the Annunciation is ‘the most important event in human history’. If so, why has the status of the feast been lost in today’s world?
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- The talk was introduced by the Rev’d Amanda Goulding. To listen again, click the ‘play’ button (grey triangle in the player bar below).
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| 30 January |
The Meaning of the Meaning
For three years, Mark Byford listened to more than a hundred senior clerics from all Christian denominations, world-renowned theologians and art historians offer their own personal interpretations of Luke’s gospel story of the Annunciation. What did they tell him and what phrases resonated in particular?
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- The talk was introduced by the Rev’d Canon Peter Seal. To listen again, click the ‘play’ button (grey triangle in the player bar below).
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| 6 February |
Seeing not Looking
For three years, Mark Byford traveled the length and breadth of the country, crossed the Continent and visited the Holy Land in search of the most famous and iconic images and artistic symbols of the Annunciation. From the earliest known image hidden in a catacomb in Rome to the great Renaissance paintings in Florence and Venice; from an Andy Warhol screen print and a Grayson Perry tapestry to unknown works from around the world, what images made the most impact and why?
Mark took questions after this talk
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- The talk was introduced by the Rev’d Canon Peter Seal. To listen again, click the ‘play’ button (grey triangle in the player bar below).
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