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THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART 1~1
~ ~ NEWSLETTER Yale University
ART AN D THE BRITISH EMPIRE c.1600-2000 5-7th July 2001 at Tate Britain, London
Organised by Dr Tim Barringer (Yale University) and Dr
Geoff Quilley (University of Leicester), th is three-day con
ference proposes that the concept of "Empire" belongs at
the centre, rather than in the margins, of the history of
British art. The history of imperialism in British culture
has come under increasing scru tiny in recent years. In the
wake of new scholarship in history, anthropology, litera
ture and post-colonial studies, what is demanded now is a
cultu ral history of empire, in which the h istory of art must
play a central role.
Agostino Brunias Linen Market, Dominica (c.1780)
Leading historian of Britain and Britishness, Professor
Linda Colley of the London School of Economics will give
a keynote address on Britain, Smallness and Otherness: A Visual and Imperial Odyssey; as will distinguished art his
torian and theorist, Professor W.J.T. Mitchell of the
University of Ch icago on Empire and Objecthood. A fur ther
p lenary session will bring together a panel of British artists
whose work refers to colonial and post-colonial issues. The
majority o f papers in the conference, selected from a large
number of proposals submitted from all over the world,
will comprise d etailed case studies of works both in publ i
cations and museum d isplays, which despite their high aes
thetic quality and historical value are currently excluded
from the history of British art.
Panels will include speakers from Australia, Canada, Great
Britain and Ireland, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South
Africa, South America and the United Sta tes. Papers will
explore a wide range of visual culture and will be o rganised
into sessions on Consuming the Empire; The Natural
History of Empire; Empire and Britishness; Slavery and the
Caribbean; Collecting India; London as Imperial City;
Landscape and Empire in Australia; Empire and the Body;
Inventing the Raj; Australia and Colonial Art; Assimilation;
Oriental ism; Women and the Empire; Landscapes of Travel
and Settlement; Popular Cultures of Empire; Imperial
Masculinit ies; Art and Ideology in South Africa; and
Modern ity and the End of Empire. The conference aims
to provide a focus for current research on British ~rt
and imperialism by scholars in academia and museums
across the world.
Speakers i11c/11de: Jeffrey Auerbach (California State University at North ridge), Jordanna Bailkin (Columbia University), Tim Barringer (Yale University), Leonard Bell (University of Auckland ), Kenneth Bendiner (University of Wisconsin-M ilwaukee), Jonathan Black (UCL), Roger Blackley (Victoria University of Wellington), John Bonehill (University of Leicester) , Julie Codell (Ari zona State University), Linda Colley (LSE), Joan Coutu (University of Waterloo), Urmilla De (St Cather ine's College, Oxford, Pascal Dupuy (University of Roucn), Natasha Eaton (Un iversity of Warwick), Simon Faulkner (Manchester Metropolitan University), Douglas Fordham (Yale University), Beth Fowkes Tobin (Universit y of Hawaii at Manoa), Mich ael Gaudio (Stanford University), Pamela Gerrish Nunn (University of Canterbury, Michael Godby (Universi ty of Cape Town),
Er ic F Gollannek (University of Delaware), Barbara Groseclose (Ohio State U niversity), Jeff Guy (University of Natal), Jos Hackforth-Jones (Richmond Un ivers ity), David Hansen (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery), Michael Hatt (University of Nottingham), Eleanor Hughes (University of Califo rnia, Berkeley), Kr istina Huneault (Concordia University), Maya jasanoff (Yale Universit y), Sandra Klopper (University of Cape Town), Kurt M Koen igsberger (Case Wes tern Reserve University), Kay Dian Kriz (Brown Universi ty), Julie tte Leeb-du Toit (Natal University), Susan Lowish (Monash University), Rod Macneil (University of California, Berkeley Art Museum ), Luciana Martins and Felix Dr iver (Royal Holloway), Ian McLean (Universi ty of Weste rn Australia), Amy Meyers (Huntington Library and Art Gallery), W J T Mitchell (University of Chicago),
Partha Mitter (University of Sussex) , Morna O'Neill (Yale Univers ity), Catherine M Paga ni (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), Sarah Parsons (UCLA), Jordana Pomeroy (The National Museum of Women in the Ar ts, Washington), Geoff Quilley (Universit y of Leicester), Elizabeth Rankin (University of Auckland), Rom ita Ray (Georgia Museum of Art), Mary Roberts (Uni versity of Sydney), Joanna Sassoon (University of Western Australia), Pramila Sharma (Banasthali Vidyapith University), David Solkin (Courtauld Institute), Cather ine Speck (University of South Australia), Tapati Guha Thakurta (Centre fo r Studies in Social Sciences, India), Sarah Thomas (The Art Gallery of South Australia), Stephen Vella ( Yale University), Emily Weeks (Yale University), Marcus Wood (University of Sussex), Kar iann Yokota ( Yale University)
Tickets are £75 (full-time students £30) and are available from the Tate Box Office (020 7887 8888).
ISSUE 12 JUNE 2001 PUBLISHED BY THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE 16 BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON WClB 3JA
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THE INTERPRETATION OF GEORGIAN TOWNS Wednesday 18th July 2001 at the Paul Mellon Centre This one-day conference examines not just the conservation and
preservation of the historic built environ ment but also the key
question of interpretation. The manner in which a lo ng-estab
lished ' her itage' area is interpreted deeply affects the way in
which historic identity and resonance, the sense of place and the
comprehension of personal space is perceived by resident and
tourist ali ke. Such issues have recently become the focus for
much academic study as well as research and action in the con
servation, plann ing and design worlds; this event accordingly
seeks to define and compare recent work on this subject by giv
ing prominence to expert studies on medium-sized Georgian
communities on either side of the Atlantic.
Themes dealt with in the conference sessions will include the
translation of the ubiquitous term 'her itage', the objectives of the
interpreters, the establishmen t of cross-disciplinary partner
ships, the treatment and application of modern contextual
design, and of the historic realities exploited, or indeed invented,
in the pursuit of the tourist dollar.
Bed ford Square (east side) London
Leading academics and conservatio nists from both Britain and
the United States will deal with case histories as varied as Lewes
and Williamsburg. Lectures include James Ayers (Bath Preserva
tion Trust) on Bath; O rlando Ridout (Maryland Historic Trust)
on Annapolis; Julian Holder (Heriot-Watt University) on
Edinburgh; Carl Lounsbury (Colonial Williamsburg Founda
tion ) on Williamsburg; Eddie Booth (The Conservation Studio)
on Lewes; Carter Hudgins (Mary Washington College) on
Charleston and Fredericksburg; and Timothy Mowl (University
ofBristol) on Cheltenham.
Tickets nre£30 (full-time students£15), including coffee, ten and nn early-evening drinks reception. To book, please contact the Centre.
PAINTED LADIES Wo1nen at the Court of Charles II
Friday 19tlz October 2001 at the National Portrnit Gallery, London The reign of Charles II is one of the most fascinat ing, yet
neglected, periods in British history. The Paul Mellon Centre
and the National Portrait Gal lery are co-organising this inter
national scholarly conference in conjunct ion with the exhibi
tion Painted Ladies: Women nt the Court of Charles II (l lth
October 2001-6th January 2002), the first exploration and
reconsideration of Restoration portraiture in twenty years.
The court that established itself after the violence o f the Civil
War reflected the character of the King-cynical, easy-going,
and promiscuous. Women had a new prom inence at cour t and
in society, and the King's mistresses, drawn from every stratum
of society, were the dominant figures. By looking at the context
in which these portraits were produced, the conference will
reassess assumptions not only about the art of the period but
also about cultural politics of the time.
Speakers will address various literary, histo rical, and cultural
aspects of the Restoration Court. Ranging in topics from pop
ular prints to poetry, the lectures will examine the ways in
which royal women, m istresses, actresses and female cou rtiers
were portrayed and considered, both during their li fet imes and
in later centuries.
Peter Lely Diana Kirke, later Countess of Orford (c. 1665-70)
Speakers include Sir Oliver Millar; Susan Shifr in; Sheila
O'Connell (The British Museum); Frances Harris (The British
Library); Paulina Kewes (University of Wales); Andrew
Walkling; and Steven Zwicker (Washington University) .
Ticketsnre£30 (full-time students £15), including coffee, tea and an early-evening drinksreception. To book, please contact the Centre.
Further details on events can be obtained from the website at www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/forthcoming/forthcomingevents.html
PUBLIC ARTIST, PRIVATE PASSIONS The World of Edward Linley Sambourne Thursday J 3th September 2001 at tlze Paul Mellon Centre This study day is a prelude to the exhibition at Leighton House Museum (27 September 200 1-13 January 2002). Sambourn e rose from occasional contributor to chief pol itical cartoonis t of the satirical magazin e P11nch. His social circle included some o f the m ost impor tant ar tistic figures of the day such as Frederic, Lord Leighton, Marcus Stone, Henry Irving, Luke Fildes and Oscar Wilde. The exh ibition illustrates Sambo urne's use of photography to inform his drawings for Punch and how h is interest in the medium led him to crea te a unique collection of cyanotypes which came in later life to ecl ipse his graphic wo rk.
Edward Linley Sambournc Pliotogmpliic study: Mrs Cornwallis ( 1895)
Lectu res will exa mine Sambourne's work, techniques and use o f professio nal and amateur models. The speakers will create a context for Sambourne's oeuvre and discuss its relevance to modern practi ce. Speakers will include Dr Alison Smith (Tate Britain), Professor Leo nee Ormond (Kings College), Simon Popple (University of Teeside), Dr Martin Postle (Tate Britai n) and Coli n Harding (National Museum of Photography, Film and Television).
FELLOWSHIP AWARDS FOR 2001 At the March 200 I meeting of the Centre's Advisory Cou ncil, the fo llowing fellowships were awarded:
SENIOR FELLOWSHIPS Diana Donald (Manchester Met ropolitan University) to complete her book Animal Imagery i11 British Art I 750- 1850. Andrew Causey (Un iversity of Manches ter) to complete his book English Landscape and National Identity 1931- 51. Peter Draper (Birkbeck College, University of London) to complete his book Architecture and Tdentity: The Formation of English Gothic. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Bolger Hoock (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) to prepare his book The Royal Academy as a 'National Institution' 1768-1820 for publ ication.
Michaela Giebelhausen (University of Essex) to prepare her book Representation, Belief and the Pre-Raphaelite for publication. H elene Furjan (ex-University of Princeton) to prepare her book John Soane and the Ho11se-museum for publication. Joseph Monteyne (University of British Columbia) to prepare his book The Space of Print and Printed Spaces in Restoration London 1660-85 for publication. Martin Myrone (Tate Britain ) to prepare his book Body-building: British Historical Artists in London and Rome and the Remaking of the Heroic Ideal c.1 760- 1800 fo r publication. Frederica Law-Turner (ex-Courtauld Institute) to prepare her book The Ormesby Psalter for publica tion . Carol Davidson-Cragoe (Institute of Histo rical Research, University of Lo ndon ) to prepare her book Written in Stone: Architecture, Liturgy a11d the Laity in English Parish Churches c.1125-1250 for publication.
Vale rie Scott (ex-Universi ty of Bristol) to prepare her book The Classical Orders i11 l6th-ce11tury E11glish Architecture for publication.
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS Jennifer Hallam (University of Pennsylvania) to conduct research in the Un ited Kingdom for her thesis on RePrese11ting Wom en in Early St!lart England: Gender Ideology, Personal Politics and the Portrait Arts. Catherine Reed (Pennsylvania State University) to conduct research in the United Kingdom for her thesis on Exhibiting National Character at the 1951 Festival of Britain.
Cassandra Albinson (Ya le Universi ty) to conduct research in the United Kingdom for her thesis on Modernity and the Noblewoman: Aristocratic Portraiture in Britain 1832-1885. Rosemarie Dias (University of York) to conduct research at Yale for her thesis on Boyde/I's Shakespeare Gallery: Exhibition Culture and Spectatorship in the Late 18th Century. Morna O 'Neill (Yale University) to conduct research in the United Ki ngdom for her thesis on 'Art is Born Again': The Allegorical Paint ings of Walter Crane. Lola Sanch ez-Jauregui (University of Madrid) to conduct research at Yale for her thesis on The Grand To!lr and I 8th-century Anglo-Italian relationships. ROME FELLOWSHIP Rich ard Read (University of Western Austral ia) to research on Adrian Stokes, The Early Career: Art Criticism, Literature & Psychoanalysis. RESEARCH SUPPORT GRANTS Rebecca Daniels (Birkbeck College, Un iversity of London ) towards travel around the United Kingdom to research for her thesis on Walter Sickert and Popular Art. Michael Rosenthal (University of Warwick) towards travel to Austra lia to research for his book The Artless Landscape: Colonial Imagery of Australia 1788-1840. Jennifer Edes-Pierotti (Columbia Un iversity) towards t ravel to Norfolk to research for her thesis on Picture Pe1fect: Behaviollral Modification in Late Medieval English Wall Painting. Anne Helmreich (Northwestern University) towards t ravel to the United Ki ngdom to research for her boo k Landscape Painting i11 Britain 1880-1920. Melinda McCurdy (UC Santa Barbara) towards travel to London to research for her book English History Painting c.1820- 1837.
Chris tina Carlson (University of Chicago ) towards travel to the United Kingdom to research for he r thesis Fro111 Conflict to Catholicism: Anti-Popery as 'Social Co11tract' in Political Cartoons and Political Drama in England 1603- 88. Jenni fer Holmes (European University l nstitute) towards travel to New Haven and New York to research for her thesis The City a11d Gender in Vorticism and ltalian Furtllrism c. I 909-18. Deb orah Lewittes (City University of New York) towards travel to the United Kingdom to research for her thesis Architectllre i11 the Diaspora: England 1927- 57.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FOF Appl ications for all gran ts and fellowships should be
submitted i11 d11plicnte to:
The Grants Administrator
The Paul Mellon Centre
16 Bedford Square
London WClB 3JA
In order lo fu rther support scholarship in the fie ld of Bri tish
art and architectural history and to disseminate knowledge
through publications, exhibitions, and education, the Paul
Mellon Centre offers a variety of fe llowships and grants.
Fellowships are ava ilable both to established scholars and to
younger scho lars en tering the fie ld or seeking to develop their
research and publications. Grants also provide funds for cura
torial research, exhibitions, publications, and educational pro
grammes related to British art and architecture in museums,
galleries, historic houses, and similar institu tions. However,
the Centre's remit does not cover contemporary fine arts,
archaeology, the current practice of architecture or the per
forming arts.
All grants are competitive and arc awarded on the basis of
application to the Paul Mellon Centre, except where o therwise
stated. Candidates should receive an acknowledgement within
14 days of the application's receipt. Please note, however, that
amendments to the text of applications after the closing date
are not accepted other than in exceptional circumstances, and
that the Centre accepts no responsibility for applicat ions lost
in the post.
Applicants will be in formed in writing of the Advisory
Council's decision no later than three weeks after the Cou ncil's
m eeting. Please note that the Centre is unable to notify appli
cants of awards by telephone or via e- mail.
FELLOWSHIPS Fellowships are awarded annually at the Advisory Council 's
March meeting; fellowship applications, however, must a rrive
at the Paul Mellon Centre by 15 January.
Applicat ions should be not more than 2,000 words, submitted
in duplicate, and with the category of fe llowship applied for
clearly marked. They should include the following:
+ n 11 011tli11e oft Ire field of resen rclr
+ details of curre11t employ111e11 t n11d tire prospect of te//1-pomry release (if appropriate)
+ proposed p11blicntio11 date, n11d nct11nl or potential publisher (if npproprinte)
+ dnte of acceptn11ce to the doctoral progrnmme, proposed co111pletio11 dnte nnd 11nme of doctoral supervisor (fo r Junior Fellows/rips only)
+ n brief c11rriwl11m vitne, 011 110 111ore tlrn11 011e side of A4 pnper
Three independent closed references should also be sent
directly to the Centre, to arrive not later than 15 January.
However, no additional informat ion, o ffprints, art icles or
books should be enclosed with your application.
As part of the terms and condi tions of the award, successful
candidates will be required to submit an end-of-award report
on the progress they have made. If any fellows appointed by
the Centre accept fu ll-time employment during the period of
the fe llowship, the Centre will request that the appropriate
reimbursement of the amount of the award is made.
Sen ior Fellowships
Senior Fellowships are designated for established scholars or
institutions in the field of British art or architecture for the
specific purpose of completing a man uscript o r book for
immediate publica tion. Fellowships arc offered either as a
stipend to the fellow or to fund a temporary replacement at
the fellow's institution. T he Centre also welcomes projects
involving matching funding and collaborative work. Each fel
lowship is offered for no longer than twelve m onths, and must
be used on a fu ll -time basis. Applicants arc required to
demonstrate that their manuscript can be completed within
the period they specify, and scholars are offered a place of
work, if desired, ei ther at the Paul Mellon Centre in London or
the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven. The maximum
award for a Senior Fellowship is £25,000 or $42,000, plus a
small travelling allowance.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Fellowships are usually awarded for s ix-month periods. They
arc offered to enable the fellow to t ransform doctoral research
into publ ishable form, such as a book, series of articles or exhi
bition catalogue, or to support new research aris ing out of a
successfully submitted doctoral dissertation where that
research may readily lead to publication.
Normally the postdoctoral fellowship is awarded within four
years of an applicant's doctoral award. All applicants must
have had their doctoral theses successfully examined.
Awards of up to £6,000 are made ei ther as a stipend to the fel
low or to fu nd a temporary replacement at the fe llow's institu
tion. Fellows may choose, if appropriate, to be affiliated either
wi th the Paul Mellon Centre in London or the Yale Center for
British Art in New Haven.
Junior Fellowships
Three-month fe llowships in the United Kingdom (based at the
Paul Mellon Centre in London) or the United States (based at
the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven ) arc offered to
scholars already engaged in doctoral research. Candidates may
be of any nationality, but normally must be enrolled in a grad
uate programme at an American University for study in the
Uni ted Kingdom or at a non-American univers ity for study in
the United States. Junior Fellows receive a monthly stipend of
£1,500 or $1,500 and a return ai rfare.
Applicants should also note the Research Support Travel
Grants, outlined below.
SCHOLARSHIP IN BRITISH ART Pa11I Mellon Centre Rome Fellowship Jn conjunction with the British School at Rome, the Paul Mel lon Centre offers fellowships in Rome o f between three and six months to scholars working on Grand Tour subjects o r in the fie ld of Anglo-Italian cultural and artistic relations. The fellowship provides full residential accommodation at the British School at Rome and offers a monthly stipend of £1,000 plus travel to and from Rome. Applicants sh ould preferably be competent in spoken and written Italian, and the fellowship can be taken at any time between l September and 31 July. Applications should no t only include an outline of the projected field of research but should stipulate why residence in Rome is important for this.
GRANTS Grants arc awarded an nually at the Advisory Counc il 's October meeting; grant appl ications, however, must arrive at the Paul Mellon Centre by 15 Septembe r.
Please do not send any additional informat ion, offprin ts, books or photographs; please note, too, that the Centre cannot return any accompanying material.
Only one grant application per institution will be considered. Awards can be given to cover reasonable administrative and institutional expenses but not personal living costs.
Appl ications for grants should be not more than I ,OOO words, submitted in duplicate, and should include the following:
+ the grnnt category being applied for
+ the amount being requested + n detailed outline of, and timetable for, the project + details of how the project corresponds to long-term
pln1111i11g
+ other sources of financial support, realised or projected
+ proposed completion, opening and/or publication dates, where appropriate
+ n detailed breakdown of nil estimated costs n11d all anticipated inco111e, inc/11ding sales
+ production estimates from two different firms (for catalogues publis/1ed in-house)
+ date of acceptance lo the doctornl progrn111111e and proposed completion dale and the nn111e of doctornl supervisor (for Research Support Grant applicants wrrently involved in doctornl research)
+ Jwo independent letters of support (for C11rntorinl Research and Publications Grnnts only)
+ the e11rriwlu111 vitae of the project organiser or researcher, on 110t 111ore than one side of A4 paper
+ three closed references (for l~esearch S11pport Grants only)
Curatorial Research Grants As part of its support fo r public art galleries and museu ms, the Paul Mellon Cen tre makes a limited number of grants to institutions for curatorial research. In the case of individual research curators, the appointment is for a maximum of three years. Normally grants are made to help institutions undertake research for a particular exhibition or installation of British
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art, the research curator being associated with the staff of the
public ga ll ery or museu m. The inst itution seeking such a grant
is required Lo define the scope of the project, indicating that it
can be achieved within a three-year period or less. The institu
tion is also required to set out the expectations and responsi
bilities of the research curator. In some instances a grant may
be made to an institution to provide staff in lieu of a curator
who wishes to take leave from o ther curatorial duties Lo under
take research for an exh ibition or related project. Curatori al
Research G rants to institutions will not exceed £ 18,000 or
$30,000 per an num.
Publicatio11 Gra 11 ts The Paul Mellon Centre supports books and catalogues of
exhibitions or permanent collections of British fine and deco
ra tive arts and arch itecture with a range of grants up to a max
imum of £20,000 or $35,000. O ther scholarly publications in
British art for museums and public galleries, such as introduc
tions or handbooks to a collection, are also eligible.
Publication projects other than catalogues, however, must
have been fully completed before a submission for grant aid
can be made.
Educal ional Programme Grants
The Paul Mellon Centre wishes to support a broad spectrum
of educational programmes related to British a rt o r archi tec
tural history. These may include lectures, symposia, seminars
or conferences for scholars and/or the general public. Grants
in this area do not normally exceed £5,000 or $8,000.
Research Support Grants Travel and subsistence grants to a maxim um of £2,000 or
$3,500 a re offered every six months to schola rs already
engaged in research involving the study of British art or archi
tecture. The grants may be used to visit collections, libraries,
a rchives, conferences o r historic sites within the Uni ted
Kingdom or abroad. Candid ates may be of any nationality.
Please note that Research Support grants are offered twice a year, with application deadlines of 15 January and 15 September.
YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART Visiting Fellowsh ips The Yale Center for British Art offers a limited number of
short- term resident fellowsh ips to scholars in postdoctoral or
equivalent research related to Bri tish art and to museum pro
fess ionals whose research interests include British arl. These
fe llowships allow scholars of either literature, history, the his
tory of art or related fields to study the Center's holdings and
to make use of its research faci lities. For details, p lease contact
the Yale Center for British Art:
Yale Center for British Art, I 080 Chapel Street,
P.O. Box 208280, New H aven, CT 06520-8280, USA
tel +I 203 432 2850 fax + l 203 432 9628
[email protected] www.yale.edu/ycba
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS The Jolloiving 110!11111es are publislzed l1y Ynle University Press Jin the Pou! Mellon Centre for Studies i11 British
Art. All nre avoiloble from Yale Uni11ersi1y Press nt 23 Pond Street, London NW3 2PN, tel. 020 7431 4422, fnx 020 7431 3755. Yale University Press cn11 nlso nd11ise on s11i1nble retail outlets.
Edward McParland A NEW WAY OF BUILDING
Public Architecture in Ireland 272 pp, 220 black-&-white illustrations, 28 colour plates
ISBN 0-300-09064-1 £35.00 September 2001
This pioneering book examines the public architecture of
Ireland during the years I 680-1760, a crucial period when the
country undertook the combined tasks of recovering from war
and constructing a new and stable society. New bu ildings, and
new types of buildings, were needed to express and sustain th is
society. Archi tectural historian Edward McParland explo res
the role of public architecture in this enterprise, focusing on
public buildings as works of architecture and art, while also
discussing the political, social, and economic contexts in
which they were built. More than one hundred specially com
missioned photographs by David Davison beautifully docu
ment this architectural history.
The book opens with a discussion of the people who were
involved in the creation of publ ic arch itecture and a descrip
tion of the physical appearance of Ireland at the time, includ
ing its roads and harbours, its market houses and churches.
The author then presents detailed portraits of key public
buildings, among them The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, The
Royal Barracks, Dublin Castle, Trinity College Dublin, and
Edward Lovett Pearce's Parliament House. Drawing on exten
sive research in arch ives throughout Britain and Ireland,
McParland documents in vivid detail the architectural and
social importance of these remarkable publ ic buildings.
Edward McParland is lecturer in the department of the history
of art and fellow at Trinity College in Dublin.
Eileen Harris, ed. THE GENIUS OF ROBERT ADAM His Interiors 400 pp, 250 black-&-white illustrations, 250 colour plates
ISBN 0-300-08129-4 £65.00 September 2001
Robert Adam was one of the greatest British architects of the
later eighteenth century. In this elegantly illustrated book,
Eileen Harris shows the synthesis of architecture, planning
and decoration that stands at the heart of Adam's achieve
ment. She considers in deta il the interaction of each of these
elements in some of Adam's most famous Bri tish country
houses and London town houses.
Most of Adam's work was in pre-existing houses; the chal
lenges of remodelling stimulated his inventive imagination,
and he became a master at turning awkward situations to
advantage. Harris has mined a variety of archival sources and
fully examined the houses themselves to d iscover exactly what
Adam did in each project and why. Taking into account later
alteratio ns and renovations, Harris brings to light how much
of Adam's original work was conditioned by circumstance and
how much was left to invention. In her detailed discussions of
the planning, decoration, ceilings, carpets, chimney pieces and
furniture of such interiors as those at Kedleston, Syon House,
Osterley Park, Newby Hall, Culzean Castle, and Home and
Lansdowne Houses in London, Harris uncovers the full extent
of Adam's prodigious achievements.
Eileen Harris is an architectural historian, who has published
extensively on Robert Adam. She is Honorary Librarian
and Consultant to the Adam Project at Sir John Soane's
Museum, London
David Solkin ART ON THE LINE The Royal Academy Exliibitio11s at Somerset House 1780-1836 240 pp, 145 black-&-white illustrations, 70 colour plates 0-300-09091-9 £45.00
Hyman argues that this 'Battle for Realism' shaped and internationalised British art and addresses a range of ar tis ts, from Modernist realists such as Auerbach, Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Moore an d Sutherland to social realists Hogarth, de Francia and the 'kitchen-sink painters'. He also draws on contemporary
October 2001
On I May 1780, the Royal Academy of Arts opened its twelfth annual exh ibition, Lhc first to be held in the magnificent rooms of William Chambcrs's newly built Somerset House. For Lhe next fifty-seven years, the Great Room of Somerset House effectively defined the centre of the London art world ' -the place where viewers had to sec and be seen, and where artists vied for the attention of potential buyers. Such grca l
critical writing to give fresh insights into the art debates of the ~:""='.....,~ period and gives new prominence to the central roles of the
" critics John Berger and David Sylvester. -~ James Hyman is a London-based art historian. He is a lecturer, a ~· broadcaster and writer and curated British Figurative Painting r. of the 20th Ce11t11ry (British Council, l 992) and Picasso: Artist of = ~ the Ce11tury (Kunsthal, Rotterdam, 1999). -~·
exhibition performers as Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Lawrence, John Constable, J.M. W. Turner and David Wilkie sharpened their skil ls during these decades. In this book, published to coincide with the Courtauld Gallery exhibition opening in October 200 I, experts revisit and assess this period of great achievement and central importance in the history of British art.
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David Solkin is Reader in History of Art at the Courtauld institute, University of London. He is the author of Painting for Money: The Virnal Arts and the Public Sphere i11 Eightee11thCentury fog/and, published by Yale University Press.
James Hyman THE BATTLE FOR REALISM Figurative Art in Britain during the Cold War 1945-1960 264 pp, 150 black-&-white illustrations, 50 colour plates ISBN 0-300-09089-7 £45.00 October 2001
Art historian James H yman Lakes a fresh look at the crucial years after the Second World War when attempts were made to revive European culture and when debates about the future of art were fierce. The author proposes that realism in Europe during the early Cold War years occupied a The Battle for Realism radical vanguard posi- James Hymon
tion and stood in opposition to the competing claims made for American Abstract Expressionism. He examines two distinct visions of realism-social realism and Modernist realism-and explores their political implications and ideological significance.
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Debra N Mancoff, ed. JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS Beyond the Pre-Raplwelite Brotherhood Studies in British Art 7 260 pp, 84 black-&-white illustrations, 20 colour plates ISBN 0-300-09119-2 £35.00 September 2001
The ca reer of John Everett Millais has been framed in terms of his rise to notoriety as an original member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and his descent into comfortable success as a popular painter and leading figure in the Royal Academy. This view has skewed the critical history of Millais's contribution to British art, favouring his brief association with the Brotherhood over more than forty years of artistic endeavour and public acclaim. This collection of new essays contributes to the reassessment of this important Victorian artist's career and takes a fresh look at the whole fabric of his work.
Introduction by Debra N. Mancoff, with contributions by Lconee Ormond, Kimberley Rhodes, Andrew Sanders, Jeremy Musson, Julie F. Codell, Anne Helmreich, Laurel Bradley and Roger Bowdler.
Pauline Croft, ed. PATRONAGE, CULTURE AND POWER The Early Cecils 1558-1612 Studies in British Art 8 328 pp, 80 black-&-white illustrations, 19 colour plates ISBN 0-300-09136-2 £40.00 November 2001
The Cecils were the dominant noble family in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. William, Lord Burghley rose to power and great wealth under Elizabeth I, then used h is extensive patronage and exceptional breadth of interests to advance the Cecils' remarkable political and cultural pre-eminence.
This wide-ranging collection of essays draws on architectural and art history, court studies, English literature, garden history, musicology, economic history, and women's studies.
THE YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART GREAT BRITISH PAINTINGS FROM AMERICAN COLLECTIONS: HOLBEIN TO HOCKNEY 27 September-JO December, 2001
Some of the greatest masterpieces of British painting
belong to American collections, both private and public.
Great British Paintings from American Collections will bring
together for the fi rst time nearly eighty of the best British
works of art in the United States today.
Offering a fresh and beautiful account o f the history of
painting in Britain from the sixteenth century to the pre
sent, the exhibition will reveal both the rich ness of the col
lections and the particular tastes and interests of American
collectors. The principal lenders will be the Yale Center for
Brit ish Art and the Huntington Art Collections in San
Marino, California. Yale's contribution includes works by
Hogarth, Stubbs, Turner and Constable, whi le the
Huntington will lend works by Gainsborough, Reynolds
and Romney.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is gener
ously supporting the exhibition wi th the loan of five paint
ings, including two celebrated masterpieces by Thomas
Lawrence. The scope of the exhibition covers the best of
the many non-British artists who have worked in Britain,
and the National Gallery of Art in Washington is lend ing
three outstanding examples including Van Dyck's Queen Henrietta Maria and her Dwaif The exh ibition will also
feature works by Gwen John and Bridget Riley from the
Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The range of lenders to the exhibition wi ll not be confined
to prominent public collections. Works from private col
lectio ns will include a major early Constable, The Wheatfield, and important works by Richard Parkes
Bonington, John Everett Millais, Albert Moore, Stanley
Spencer, Francis Bacon , David Hackney, Lucian Freud, and
Jenny Saville.
The exhibition will include certain works of special impo r
tance in the history of the American taste for Brit ish art
Turner's Staffa from the Yale Center's collection, for
instance, was the first painting by that artist to cross the
Atlantic-but the primary consideration in the selectio n
has been artistic quality rather than historical interest.
Great British Paintings from American Collections marks the
300th anniversary of the fou ndation of Yale Universit y, and
will be the Center's chief contribution to the program me
of tercentennial celebrations taking place at Yale.
Joshua Reynolds Diana, Viscountess Crosbie (I 777)
The Line of Beauty British Watercolors and Drawings of the Eighteenth Century 19th May- 2nd September 2001
Snowdon 16 June-2 September, 2001
'Wilde Americk': Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1800 27 September-30 December, 2001
Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II, 1660- 1685 25 January-17 March, 2002
For further information, please contact the Yale Center, tel.
+ 1 203 432 2800, or visit the website at www.yale.edu/ycba
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