As has kindly been pointed out, my previous message should have readD
Frances Stonor Saunders (author of the recent biography of Hawkwood) on
the V&A At Home in Renaissance Italy *exhibition* in the Guardian a few
weeks ago: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1889396,00.html
Apologies - I was thinking ahead to the forthcoming conference, details
(including abstracts and how to book) for which are available via
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/courses/conferences/. To summarise:
At Home in Renaissance Italy
17–18 November 2006
Lecture Theatre, 10.30–17.30
DAY ONE: Session One
10:30 Welcome to the V&A
Madeleine Sarley Pontin, V&A
10:35 Introduction
Chair: Lisa Jardine, Queen Mary, University of London
10:40 At Home in Renaissance Italy
Marta Ajmar-Wollheim and Flora Dennis, V&A
11:20 Patenting Objects for the House in Renaissance Italy
Luca Molà, University of Warwick
12:00 The House and Culture of Bartolomeo Scala, Chancellor of Florence
1465–1497
Alison Brown, Royal Holloway, University of London
12:40 Panel discussion led by Chair
13:00 Lunch and opportunity to visit the exhibition
Session Two
14:00 Introduction
Chair: Evelyn Welch, Queen Mary, University of London
14:05 Fashion and Traditions: Clothing the Home and Family
Elizabeth Currie, independent scholar
14:45 The ‘Liberal Port’ of Gregorio Casali: Hospitality, Honour and
Power in the 16th-century Diplomatic House
Catherine Fletcher, Royal Holloway, University of London
15:30 Tea
15:55 Domestic Objects in the new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries at
the V&A
Peta Motture and Kirstin Kennedy, V&A
16:35 Panel discussion led by Chair
17:00 Close
DAY TWO: Session Three
10:30 Welcome to the V&A
Madeleine Sarley Pontin, V&A
10:35 Introduction
Chair: Luke Syson, National Gallery
10:40 Mathematics at Home: Personal Astronomical Instruments in the
Renaissance
Jim Bennett, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
11:20 The Collecting and Display of Bronzes in Renaissance Italy
Jeremy Warren, Wallace Collection
12:00 Technical Observations of Early Architectural Decorative Elements
by Luca della Robbia
Charlotte Hubbard and Sofia Marques, V&A
12:40 Panel discussion led by Chair
13:00 Lunch and opportunity to visit the exhibition
Session Four
14:00 Introduction
Chair: Brenda Preyer, University of Texas at Austin
14:05 Titian’s Paintings of Venus with a Mirror
Charles Hope,Warburg Institute, University of London
14:45 Drawings for Dining: Themes and Variations in Renaissance
Tableware Design
Valerie Taylor, independent scholar
15:30 Tea
15:55 The Commissioning and Status of Renaissance Ceramics: The
Guicciardini-
Salviati Credenza
Dora Thornton, The British Museum
16:35 Panel discussion led by Chair
17:00 Close
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