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SUMMARY:Mesoamerica - Maya: Writing and Sacred Books. Sacred Mayan Astrology and Astronomy
DESCRIPTION:In Mayan culture there was no linguistic distinction between words painting\, drawing and writing. All modern Mayan languages are derived from Proto-Mayan\, a language spoken at least 5\,000 years ago. Mayan languages were written in hieroglyphic script which was widespread during the Classic period of Maya civilization (c. 250–900 CE). The Maya had a visually striking writing system which employed ideograms to create innumerable books known as the Mayan Codices. Priests alone could write these sacred books. Paper\, made from the inner bark of the fig tree ( amate paper )\, was used. Through their sacred books we can appreciate the scientific developments of this amazing civilisation. \nDates and Locations \nSaturday 26 July 2025 Rockhampton (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/mesoamerica-maya-writing-and-sacred-books-sacred-mayan-astrology-and-astronomy/
CATEGORIES:QLD
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SUMMARY:The Golden Road to Samarkand: The Architecture\, Art and Textiles of Uzbekistan
DESCRIPTION:Explore Uzbekistan’s blend of ancient and modern\, from the glittering mosques of Samarkand to the Soviet architecture of Tashkent with cultural revivalist\, author and international tour leader\, Chris Aslan. This presentation includes exciting opportunities to discover the Savitsky Museum’s avant-garde art collection\, the revival of Islamic miniature painting in Bukhara\, and the resurgence of Uzbekistan’s traditional handicrafts. This presentation also offers an understanding of how tourism shapes the production of these crafts and offers a perfect introduction for future travellers to Uzbekistan. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 21 July 2025 Coffs Coast (NSW) \nFriday 25 July 2025 Blue Mountains (NSW) \nWednesday 13 August Geelong (VIC) \nThursday 21 August Molonglo Plains (NSW / ACT) \nMonday 25 August Fleurieu (SA) \nSaturday 30 August Perth (WA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-golden-road-to-samarkand/2025-07-25/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW,SA,VIC,WA
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250724T140000
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SUMMARY:The Art of Pieter Bruegel The Elder
DESCRIPTION:Pieter Bruegel the Elder (d. 1569) is probably best known for his colourful depictions of peasants making merry or toiling in the fields. He also painted religious scenes in the Netherlandish countryside. Although these works lent him the epithet\, ‘Peasant Brueghel’\, his work was more than just charmingly naïve. He was very much a townsman with a good eye for landscape\, who painted for discerning collectors. He also lived in a time of religious and political turmoil that is evident in some of his ‘darker’ works. This lecture will show that there is more to Bruegel than peasant paintings. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 21 July 2025 Murray River (NSW/ VIC) \nThursday\, 24 July 2025 Molonglo Plains (NSW / ACT) \nWednesday 20 August & Thursday 21st August Brisbane (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-art-of-pieter-bruegel-the-elder/2025-07-24/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW,QLD,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250723T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250723T193000
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SUMMARY:How To Get Down From a Yak: Adventures in Central Asian Nomadic Textiles
DESCRIPTION:Houses made from wool that warm in the depths of winter\, carpets that tell stories\, woven bands that appease ancestors\, embroideries that ward off evil\, and kilims that store kitchenware\, with everything ready to be packed and carried on a yak or camel at a moment’s notice. The little-known nomadic textile cultures of the Kyrgyz\, Turkoman and Karakalpak are explored in this lecture\, along with the rise and fall of nomadism and where it fits within the modern world. Chris also shares his own experience of working with nomadic yak herders in the High Pamirs for 3 years. \nDates and Locations \nWednesday 23 July 2025 Orange (NSW) \nTuesday 29 July 2025 Scone (NSW) \nSunday 10 August 2025 Cairns (QLD) \nMonday 18 August 2025 Murray River (NSW / VIC) \nWednesday 27 August Adelaide (SA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/how-to-get-down-from-a-yak/2025-07-23/
CATEGORIES:NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
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SUMMARY:Paracas: The Most Splendid Textiles of The Americas
DESCRIPTION:The Paracas civilisation developed between 800 BCE and 100 BCE. Paracas textiles included complex weaving techniques\, elaborate plaiting and knotting. Paracas necropolises contained bodies in baskets wrapped in large cotton textiles embroidered with camelid fibres. Paracas embroideries are considered the finest ever produced in the Americas and are remarkable works of art. Designs on textiles were achieved by painting\, embroidering\, sewing feathers of rare tropical birds and using 3D ‘structural weaving’. Peruvian weaving remains one of the finest traditions in the world. \nDates and Locations \n23 July – Toowoomba (QLD) \n26 July – Rockhampton (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/paracas-the-most-splendid-textiles-of-the-americas-r/
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SUMMARY:Frans Hals: A Dutch Painter with Flemish Roots
DESCRIPTION:Frans Hals is one of the best-loved painters of the Dutch Golden Age\, with his Laughing Cavalier one of the highlights of the Wallace Collection. The Frans Hals Museum is in Haarlem\, but the artist was born in Antwerp from which his family fled north to escape war and persecution.\nWe know little about Hals’s life: he married twice and had a large family. He was popular yet constantly experienced financial difficulties. Hals specialised in people: portraits of wealthy burghers\, but also merry drinkers and naughty children. His virtuoso brushwork and joie de vivre make his sitters still seem alive centuries later. \nDates and Locations \nTuesday 22 July 2025 Canberra (ACT) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/frans-hals-a-dutch-painter-with-flemish-roots/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW
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SUMMARY:The Art of Pieter Bruegel The Elder
DESCRIPTION:Pieter Bruegel the Elder (d. 1569) is probably best known for his colourful depictions of peasants making merry or toiling in the fields. He also painted religious scenes in the Netherlandish countryside. Although these works lent him the epithet\, ‘Peasant Brueghel’\, his work was more than just charmingly naïve. He was very much a townsman with a good eye for landscape\, who painted for discerning collectors. He also lived in a time of religious and political turmoil that is evident in some of his ‘darker’ works. This lecture will show that there is more to Bruegel than peasant paintings. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 21 July 2025 Murray River (NSW/ VIC) \nThursday\, 24 July 2025 Molonglo Plains (NSW / ACT) \nWednesday 20 August & Thursday 21st August Brisbane (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-art-of-pieter-bruegel-the-elder/2025-07-21/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW,QLD,VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250721T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250721T190000
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SUMMARY:The Golden Road to Samarkand: The Architecture\, Art and Textiles of Uzbekistan
DESCRIPTION:Explore Uzbekistan’s blend of ancient and modern\, from the glittering mosques of Samarkand to the Soviet architecture of Tashkent with cultural revivalist\, author and international tour leader\, Chris Aslan. This presentation includes exciting opportunities to discover the Savitsky Museum’s avant-garde art collection\, the revival of Islamic miniature painting in Bukhara\, and the resurgence of Uzbekistan’s traditional handicrafts. This presentation also offers an understanding of how tourism shapes the production of these crafts and offers a perfect introduction for future travellers to Uzbekistan. \nDates and Locations \nMonday 21 July 2025 Coffs Coast (NSW) \nFriday 25 July 2025 Blue Mountains (NSW) \nWednesday 13 August Geelong (VIC) \nThursday 21 August Molonglo Plains (NSW / ACT) \nMonday 25 August Fleurieu (SA) \nSaturday 30 August Perth (WA) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-golden-road-to-samarkand/2025-07-21/
CATEGORIES:ACT,NSW,SA,VIC,WA
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250720T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250720T113000
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SUMMARY:Maya: Children of the Corn
DESCRIPTION:The Maya were one of the ancient world’s most fascinating\, prolific and mysterious civilisations. The Maya occupied Central America\, including the southern parts of Mexico\, Belize\, Guatemala\, El Salvador and Honduras. We know about Maya’s myth of Creation because it is described in two sacred books\, written by using hieroglyphs: “PopolVuh” and “Chilam Balam of Chumayel”. \nDates and Locations \nSunday 20 July 2025 Sunshine Coast (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-inca-children-of-the-sun/
CATEGORIES:QLD
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250719T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250719T170000
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CREATED:20250702T040649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T012700Z
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SUMMARY:Mesoamerica - The Aztec: An Introduction to the Urban Culture of the Americas- Mexico
DESCRIPTION:The Aztecs probably originated as a nomadic tribe in northern Mexico and arrived at Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century. The Aztecs were also known as the Tenochca\, from which the name for their capital city\, Tenochtitlan\, was derived. They are also known as the Mexica\, from which the name of the entire country of Mexico is derived. By the 15th century\, the Aztecs had developed an intricate social\, political\, religious\, and commercial federation that brought many of the region’s city-states under their control. Tenochtitlan was founded on June 8th 1325. At its height\, the city had more than 200\,000 inhabitants and was the most densely populated city ever to exist in Mesoamerica. In 1521\, Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes overthrew the Aztecs and captured their capital\, ending Mesoamerica’s last great civilisation. \nDates and Locations \nSaturday 19 July 2025 Noosa (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/mesoamerica-the-aztec/
CATEGORIES:QLD
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250718T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250718T113000
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SUMMARY:The Inca: Machu Picchu\, The Lost Incan Citadel
DESCRIPTION:The Citadel of Machu Picchu is located north-west of Cusco at 2\,430 m above sea level and is surrounded by a deep precipice. It comprises 172 buildings. Machu Picchu was built by Inca Pachacutec who was the first Inca to go beyond the Cusco Valley. It is divided into two large sectors with the urban sector surrounded by the agricultural sector and the peak Wayna Picchu is often considered a third sector. Machu Picchu had areas reserved for craftsmen and a wall separated the sacred area from the residential area. It had an Acllahuasi (House for the Chosen Women)\, a solar temple; barracks for the warriors\, baths\, fountains\, aqueducts\, corn storage\, fertile terraces and its fountains had\, and still have\, fresh running water. \nDates and Locations \nFriday 18 July 2025 Brisbane River (QLD) \nClick on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.
URL:https://www.artsnational.au/event/the-inca-machu-picchu-the-lost-incan-citadel/
CATEGORIES:QLD
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