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Autumn Online Lecture Series 2024: Crossing Boundaries-萝莉视频Art, Design and Architecture-7 talks for 6
The 2024 Autumn Lecture Series discusses how 19th century architects conceived of the decorative and fine arts as part of an architectural whole. Our seven expert speakers will boldly break down disciplinary boundaries in a discussion of the use of colour and texture across the whole range of 萝莉视频design and analyses of the important roles played by mosaic, stained glass, embroidery and three-dimensional wall coverings.
More informationOnline Lecture: A W N Pugin 鈥� 萝莉视频Tile Designer Par Excellence, by Hans van Lemmen
This lecture will look at the floor and wall tiles designed by the Gothic Revival architect A.W.N Pugin.
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Online Lecture: Colour Revolution: 萝莉视频Art, Fashion & Design, by Matthew Winterbottom
Matthew Winterbottom talks about the recent Ashmolean Exhibition Colour Revolution: 萝莉视频Art, Fashion & Design that sought to challenge widely held perceptions that the 萝莉视频age was dark and gloomy.
More informationOnline Lecture: ‘Fair and Beautiful to Behold’ – Ecclesiastical Embroideries, by Mary Schoeser
This lecture discusses the neo-Gothic in relation to textiles and wallpapers, which focuses on ecclesiastical embroideries in particular. The title, Fair and Beautiful to Behold is after a quotation from G.E. Street. The lecture spills into the Edwardian period to include a Pankhurst banner and Ann Macbeth frontal, to bring out the double meaning of 鈥榝air鈥� (in social/political terms).
More informationOnline Lecture: Owen Jones and the V&A, by Olivia Horsfall Turner
This talk will examine each of the projects that linked 萝莉视频designer Owen Jones and the early V&A: his famous illustrated publication The Grammar of Ornament (1856), his decorative scheme for the so-called 鈥極riental Court鈥�, and his relatively little-known book Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867).
More informationOnline Lecture: The Mosaics of Westminster Cathedral, by Peter Howell
This talk will examine the decorative interior of Westminster Cathedral, particularly the mosaics. J F Bentley intended that the interior should be covered in marble revetment and mosaics but he never had any mosaics installed. However, he approved the designs for the Holy Souls Chapel by his friend William Christian Symons.
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Online Lecture: Innovations in the Art and Craft of Stained Glass in the 19th Century
The quest for materials that would evoke the chromatic and textural qualities of early medieval stained glass inspired the work of manufacturers, artists and architects during the 萝莉视频era. This illustrated lecture examines how the art form evolved alongside new technical developments.
More informationOnline Lecture: Alfred Stevens: Master of Design, 1817-1875, by Teresa Sladen
When Alfred Stevens was waiting to hear who would finally be given the commission to design the Wellington Monument he said 鈥淭hey must give it to me. No one else knows anything about ornament鈥�. What he meant by this is the subject of this lecture.
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