Images of Christmas – GI 25 147
4 December 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm GMT
Tutor: Daphne Jefferis BA(Hons) PGCEA
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From the Roman period until today, images of the Nativity have featured in Western Art. We shall trace the changes in religious depictions, and representations of the Holy Family, arriving at the more secular images of today.
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Arthur Hughes (1832 1915) - The Nativity - Birmingham Museums Trust. Image from Wikimedia Commons
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About the Speaker
Daphne Jefferis
Daphne is an Art History lecturer who has a special interest in 19th and 20th century European Art. She delivered study tours to Florence for many years, so also has a particular love of early Renaissance art.
Daphne has taught for many years at the Guildford Institute and also A-Level Art History in Adult Education and in schools. Daphne gives talks all over Surrey for Art Societies, Women’s Institute and Probus groups and for anyone who asks her!
Now in semi-retirement, Daphne is giving more time to drawing and painting and exploring new techniques and subjects. She has exhibited her work at the Institute as well as with Guildford Arts, AppArt and at the Cathedral.
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