10th anniversary year
Saturday 18th May 2013
The Royal and Ancient Game - Golf and the Queens and Kings of Britain 1120 - 1920
by Bob Gowland
The Royal element is covered from James IV of Scotland, Queen Catherine of Aragon Mary, Queen of Scots through to the present Duke of York. Early references to golf-like games from 1120 and 1350 are detailed; the Continental stick and ball games brought back by the Crusaders and developed in the Middle Ages are discussed to the late 17th century.Golf as we would recognise it today is described from the 18th century on, showing extant pictures and portraits and the types of clubs used in those pictures through the ages. The golden age of golf in the 19th century is covered with particular reference to Ladies golf and the emergence of professional golf later in the century.
ONLINE QUIZ
This is a new project to let you test your knowledge of art - it's in private and there is no record of your score.You will be presented with ten paintings (or photos of sculptures). For each picture, which is chosen at random, you have to choose the artist from an offering of 5 names. When you're ready, click on the check answers button to see how well you did. This will show which of your answers are correct and which are incorrect. You can keep on trying and checking for as long as you want. There's also a button to show you all the answers, and another to load a fresh set of pictures.
Try it out by clicking on the online quiz link at the bottom of the list in the left-hand column.
TIMELINE
The Timeline shows the date of birth and death of a number of artists, along with links to webpages for further information and a self portrait of the artist.Try it out by clicking on the timeline link at the bottom of the list in the left-hand column.
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