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Conférences : “Animating the Georgian London Town House “.

Joshua Reynolds, Miss Fleming as Aurora, 1775, huile sur toile, Harewood House.

Joshua Reynolds, Miss Fleming as Aurora, 1775, huile sur toile, Harewood House.

Type : conférences.
Date : 17 mars 2016.
Lieu : Londres, National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing Lecture Theatre.

Organised by the Paul Mellon Centre, London, the National Gallery, and Birkbeck College, University of London, this conference explores the position town houses once occupied in the lives of families and the nation as a whole. Some – such as Spencer House – have survived; many have left fragmentary traces; others have been completely destroyed and can only be recreated on the basis of inventories and descriptive accounts.

There is much still to be uncovered about the collections of paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts which these buildings once housed, as well as about their furnishing, architecture, gardens, and refashionings over time.

This event follows on from the successful Animating the 18th-century country house conference held at the National Gallery in March 2015. Expert speakers will discuss both famed and little-remembered London town houses, considering how these residences were designed, furnished, and ornamented. Papers also explore the significance and function of these properties for owners and their families, together with the varied experiences of guests and visitors.

Programme :

10-10.20am Registration.

10.20-10.30am Welcome: Susanna Avery-Quash and Kate Retford.

10.30-11.30am Keynote lecture: Desmond Shawe Taylor, ‘Picture displays at Carlton House’, chaired by Kate Retford.

11.30am-12pm Coffee break.

12-1.30pm Construction and reconstruction.

12-12.20pm: Matthew Jenkins and Charlotte Newman, ‘London in pieces: Building biographies in Georgian Mayfair’.

12.20-12.40pm Neil Bingham, ‘The Regency transformation of Burlington House, Piccadilly, documented through the architectural drawings of Samuel Ware’

12.40-1pm Pat Hardy, ‘Canaletto’s town houses’.

1-1.30pm Q&A.

1.30-2.30pm Lunch (not provided).

2.30-4pm Fashioning and inhabiting.

2.30-2.50pm Jeremy Howard, ‘New light on Norfolk House: The decoration and furnishing of Norfolk House for the 9th Duke and Duchess of Norfolk’.

3.10-3.30pm Peter Nelson Lindfield, ‘London’s gothic pineapple: 18 Arlington Street’.

3.30-4pm Q&A.

4-4.30pm Refreshment break.

4.30-5.30pm Keynote lecture, Adriano Aymonino and Manolo Guerci, ‘London’s greatest mansion in the Strand: Northumberland House, the urban palace of the 1St Duke and Duchess of Northumberland’, chaired by Susanna Avery-Quash.

5.30pm Closing remarks.

Conference page with e-ticketing link :

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/animating-the-georgian-l
ondon-town-house

Tickets : £55 full/£48 senior/£45 NG members/£28 students.


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Maxime Georges Métraux (25 janvier 2016). Conférences : “Animating the Georgian London Town House “. Groupe de Recherche en Histoire de l'Art Moderne. Consulté le 27 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/p60l


Maxime Georges Métraux

Doctorant en Histoire de l'art moderne (Université Paris IV –Sorbonne, Centre André Chastel – UMR 8150). Expert pour la galerie Hubert Duchemin et chargé d’enseignement à l'Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée. Commissaire scientifique de l’exposition "Chic Emprise : Cultures, usages et sociabilités du tabac du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle" (22 juin - 23 septembre 2019) au musée du Nouveau Monde de La Rochelle.

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