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2005 Lecture References & Links
Lecture Dates
Jan 26 Feb 23 Mar 23
Apr 27 May 25
Jun 22 Sep 28
Oct 26 Nov 23
January 26
In the Bleak Mid Winter: Artists'
Responses to Snow
Lecture by Ann Clements
Artcyclopedia 'Snow'
Whitworth Art Gallery
Paul
Mellon Foundation
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February 23
Sleeping Beauties: The Irish Country House Lecture by Tom
Duncan
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March 23
Heritage from the Orient: the Birth of European Porcelain
Lecture by
Amanda Herries
Museum
of London
10th Century China
Silk
route
Ming Dynasty
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April 27
Picture Hanging and Interior Design
from 1600 to Today
Lecture by Stephen Taylor
Recommended reading list from Stephen Taylor
lecturer
 | Peter Thornton ‘Authentic Décor’
Although there is little specifically on picture hanging, this book is
perhaps the best single reference book for primary source paintings and
prints of domestic interiors. (This was the
book recommended during the lecture) |
| Fowler Cornforth ‘English
Decoration in the 18th Century ‘ Chapter 8 |
| Piers and Caroline Feet ham @The
Art of Framing’. Recent and very well illustrated guide to craft
framing, picture hanging and the display of decorative objects. |
| EH Gombrich ‘the uses of Images’
Early chapters have an overview |
| Grove’s Dictionary, see :Display
of Art, II Paintings |
| For those with a decidedly
academic bent there is a collection of theoretical essays on picture
frames and related topics in Paul Duro (Ed) ‘ The Rhetoric of the frame’
With extensive bibliographies |
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May 25
Daniel Libeskind, Architecture for the V&A and the Twin
Towers in New York
Lecture by
Alicia Salter
Unanswered
question - The World Trade Centre estimated cost...
$1.5 billion
The Daily Telegraph - slide show
Jewish Museum in Berlin (Galinsky)
Imperial War Museum in
Manchester
Studio Daniel Libeskind's
recent commissions include:-
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June 22
Vermeer - his Musical Pictures
Vermeer Yahoo site listings
About Johannes
Vermeer
Web Museum - Paris
Artcyclopedia
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September 28
Ellen Terry & Aesthetes
Smallhythe Place
Getty
Family Records
Rochester Library
JSS Gallery
Ellen Terry Quotes
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October 26
Let's talk of Graves, of Worms and Epitaphs...British Funeral Sculpture
and the Making of History
Westminster Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral
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November 23
Victorian Christmas through the Magic
Lantern
Several Magic Lantern Websites
Magic Lantern
Museum (USA)
CWDFAS
is a member of NADFAS
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