METROPOLITAN CHAPTER
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LECTURE
SERIES
All lectures are held at the The New York New Church (Swedenborgian), 114 E. 35th St., between Park and Lexington Avenues (nearest train is the 6 train at 33rd St.).
The lectures
are FREE, and no reservations are required.
SPRING 2009 LECTURES
NEW LOCATION!
All lectures are at The New York New Church (Swedenborgian) , 114 E. 35th St., New York
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 6 PM
The Horror of the Unadorned: Style and the Technology of Wallpaper Production in the Victorian Era
Robert C. Kaufmann, librarian of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Department and reference librarian and bibliographer of the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Technological innovations, particularly in printing and paper production, enabled even the middle class to adorn the walls of their homes economically in the nineteenth century. A proliferation of revival styles also contributed to the wide-spread application of wallpaper in homes of the Victorian era.
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 6 PM
The Cult of Velazquez: Victorian Artists and Spain
Paul Stirton, Ph.D. , senior lecturer in history of art at University of Glasgow, visiting professor at Bard Graduate Center in New York and curator of Discovering Spain, a 2009 exhibiton at the National Gallery of Scotland
In the nineteenth century, British and American artists admired the culture, art and landscape of Spain. Following the lead of David Wilkie were a series of artists. In the 1860s, James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent, inspired by the work of Diego Velazquez, reoriented the approach to Spanish culture and attracted many artists to study “the master from Madrid.”
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 6 PM
Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape
Thomas Rinaldi, co-author of Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape (2006) and student in Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Often dismissed as eyesores, neglected buildings lining the Hudson River spell out the history of the region. They range from country seats such as The Point in Dutchess County, designed by Calvert Vaux in the early 1850s, to industrial buildings such as the Powell and Minnock Brickyard near Albany, the last of such production facilities on the river when it closed in 2002.
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 6 PM
"A Nest for Dreaming, a Shelter for Imagining:” The Art, History and Architecture of F. Holland Day
Patricia Fanning, Ph.D. , author of Through an Uncommon Lens: The Life and Photography of F. Holland Day (2008) and associate professor and chairperson of the Department of Sociology at Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass.
Influenced by Aestheticism, the Arts and Crafts and Colonial Revival Movements, F. Holland Day was a remarkable artist and also a dedicated historian. His sense of beauty and interest in history are reflected in the art of his book designs and photographs, his varied collections and—most of all—in his home and family chapel in Norwood, Mass.
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