coming to a city near you…

April 8th, 2009

For those who can’t make the big trip out to the U.K. this spring as suggested, a little taste of the mother country is coming to a city near you, in the form of the Royal Oak Foundation’s Spring 2009 lecture series!  An informative and eclectic group of Anglophiles are scheduled to teach their trade to American urbanites in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.  Forget about a “theatre near you,” find a “lecture near you” instead and be entertained and enlightened!

To learn more about each lecture, including price and location, click on the lecture name:

NEW YORK CITY

What: London’s Country Houses Who: CAROLINE KNIGHT, Noted Architectural Historian When: Monday, April 13 at 6:00 p.m. Why: As London expanded rapidly in the 16th-18th centuries, large country houses became embedded within the city.  Ms. Knight explores how these now urban estates were once the much-loved country retreats of the elite city businessmen, courtiers, and ministers.

What: Henry VIII: Art, Menace, and Magnificence Who: DALE HOAK, Chancellor Professor of History, the College of William & Mary When: Wednesday, April 22 at 6:00 p.m. Why: Mr. Hoak demonstrates how Henry VIII dramatically changed England during his reign by exploring his decision to break from Rome, the dissolution of medieval life, and the introduction new art and Renaissance mannerisms.

What: Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone Who: PROFESSOR  VAUGHAN HART, Professor of Architecture, University of Bath When: Wednesday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m. Why: Learn how the untrained architect Sir John Vanbrugh was commissioned to build some of the most important country homes of his era, and according to Professor Hart, became “the Shakespeare of architecture.”

What: Dumfries House: A Scottish Treasure Saved for the Nation Who: MARCUS BINNEY, CBE, Leading Architectural Historian and Preservationist When: Tuesday, May 12 at 6:00 p.m. Why: Mr. Binney explores the architectural masterpiece and extensive furniture collection of the Dumfries House of Scotland as well as SAVE Britain’s Heritage, which rescued the Dumfries House from auction.

What: Painted Faces: The Private History of Portrait Miniatures Who: ELLE SHUSHAN, Author, Lecturer, and Collector When: Monday, May 18 at 6:00 p.m. Why: Ms. Shushan discusses the importance of these tiny, private jewels, and how the history of the great families of Britain can be told through the stories of the miniatures they commissioned and the artists who painted them.

CHICAGO

What: Dumfries House: A Scottish Treasure Saved for the Nation Who: MARCUS BINNEY, CBE, Leading Architectural Historian and Preservationist When: Monday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. Why: Mr. Binney explores the architectural masterpiece and extensive furniture collection of the Dumfries House of Scotland as well as SAVE Britain’s Heritage, which rescued the Dumfries House from auction.

BOSTON

What: Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone Who: PROFESSOR  VAUGHAN HART, Professor of Architecture, University of Bath When: Monday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m. Why: Learn how the untrained architect Sir John Vanbrugh was commissioned to build some of the most important country homes of his era, and according to Professor Hart, became “the Shakespeare of architecture.”

What: Dumfries House: A Scottish Treasure Saved for the Nation Who: MARCUS BINNEY, CBE, Leading Architectural Historian and Preservationist When: Thursday, May 7 at 6:00 p.m. Why: Mr. Binney explores the architectural masterpiece and extensive furniture collection of the Dumfries House of Scotland as well as SAVE Britain’s Heritage, which rescued the Dumfries House from auction.

CINCINNATI

What: Jewels of Scandal and Desire: British Jewelery Collections and Country Houses Who: CURT DICAMILLO, Executive Director of the National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA When: Thursday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m. What: This lecture will explore how the 18th- and 19th- century British ruling classes, modeling themselves on the ancient Roman Empire, used jewelry to reinforce their positions in society and awe their peers.

PHILADELPHIA

What: Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone Who: PROFESSOR  VAUGHAN HART, Professor of Architecture, University of Bath When: Thursday, April 30 at 6:30 p.m. Why: Learn how the untrained architect Sir John Vanbrugh was commissioned to build some of the most important country homes of his era, and according to Professor Hart, became “the Shakespeare of architecture.”

What: Dumfries House: A Scottish Treasure Saved for the Nation Who: MARCUS BINNEY, CBE, Leading Architectural Historian and Preservationist When: Thursday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. Why: Mr. Binney explores the architectural masterpiece and extensive furniture collection of the Dumfries House of Scotland as well as SAVE Britain’s Heritage, which rescued the Dumfries House from auction

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