** High Priority **
I regret to advise that Professor Sarah Blake McHam, who was scheduled
to give the Annual Lecture, is unable to travel to London at the present
time due to an unexpected illness.
We are, however, delighted that Professor Gary M. Radke will now
deliver the 2010 Robert H. Smith lecture on
What should a sculpture by Leonardo da Vinci look like?
TICKETS ALREADY ISSUED FOR THE EVENT WILL REMAIN VALID.
Details of the lecture and the forthcoming conference are set out
below, together with information about how to book for these free
events. The conference programme is also attached.
Tickets for both events are going fast, so please advise if you are a
ticket holder and can no longer attend, so that your place can be made
available to others.
Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone who may be
interested.
Regards
Peta Motture
Victoria and Albert Museum
Annual Lecture
The Annual Lectures are held in the Lecture Theatre. Arrival from 18.30
for a 19.00 start.
This event is free of charge but ticketed.
To book, please call +44 (0)20 7942 2211 or book online:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson
Wednesday 10 November
What should a sculpture by Leonardo da Vinci look like?
Gary M. Radke, Dean*s Professor of the Humanities, Syracuse
University
Painter, inventor, naturalist, anatomist, and so much more, Leonardo da
Vinci (1452-1519) was also renowned in his own day as a remarkable
sculptor. And yet in his famous Treatise on Painting Leonardo
disparaged the art of sculpture as dirty, manual work, and today art
historians do not agree which (if any) of his sculptures survive.
Professor Radke will illustrate the process of modern connoisseurship
and discuss why it is so difficult to recognize Leonardo*s work in
sculpture. He will also propose that two previously unrecognized silver
figures may be by the master.
Conference
The conference will run from 10.00 to 17.30 on both days.
It is held in honour and memory of Robert H. Smith, who generously
funded the Robert H. Smith Renaissance Sculpture Programme.
This event is free of charge but ticketed.
To book, please call +44 (0)20 7942 2211 or book online:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson
Friday 12 and Saturday 13 November
Carvings, casts and collectors: the art of Renaissance sculpture
Bringing together some of the world*s leading experts, this
conference explores the artistic production and cultural context of
Renaissance sculpture, from Ghiberti*s Gates of Paradise to the small
bronzes of Giambologna and his followers. Papers cover a range of
sculptural materials and forms to cast fresh light on the artists, their
creative and collaborative processes, and on those who commissioned,
owned and responded to their work. Speakers: Denise Allen, Victoria
Avery, Davide Gasparotto, Cyril Humphris, Emma Jones, Jeanette Kohl,
Volker Krahn, Claudia Kryza-Gersch, Peta Motture, Gary M. Radke, Frits
Scholten, Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Shelley Sturman, Jeremy Warren, Alison
Wright and Dimitrios Zikos.
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