Newsletter - Issue 12

THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART

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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 conference proposes that the concept of " Empire" belo ngs at the centre, rather than in the ma rgins, of the history of British art. T he history of imperialism in British culture has come under increasing scru tiny in recent years. In the wake of new scholarship in history, anthropology, literature 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.

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 historia n and theorist, Professor W.J.T. Mitchell of th e Un iversity of Ch icago on Empire and Objecthood. A fur ther p lenary session will bring together a panel of British artists w hose work refers to colonial and post-colonial issues. T he majority o f papers in the conference, selected from a large number of proposals submitted fro m all over the world, will comprise d etailed case studies of works both in publicatio ns and museum d isplays, wh ich despite their high aesthetic quality and historical value are currently excluded from the history of British art.

Speakers i11c/11de: Jeffrey Auer bach (California State University at North rid ge), 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 Wellingto n), Jo hn 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 Ro ucn), Natas ha 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 (University of Cape Town),

Agostino Brunias Linen Market, Dominica (c.1780)

Panels will include speakers from Australia, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, So uth America and the Un ited Sta tes. Papers will explore a wide range of visual culture and w ill be o rga nised into sessions on Co nsumin g the Empire; The Natural H istory of Empire; Empire and Britishness; Slavery and the Caribbean; Collecting Ind ia; London as Imperial City; Lan dscape 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 Mascu linit 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 academ ia and museums across the world.

Er ic F Gollannek (University of Delaware), Barbara Groseclose (Ohio State U niversity), Jeff Guy (University of Natal), Jos Hackforth-Jones (Richm o nd Un ivers ity), David Hansen (Tasm anian Museum and Art Gallery), Michael Hatt (University of Nottingham), Eleanor Hughes (University of Califo rnia, Berkeley), Kr istina Huneault (Concord ia 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 Ho lloway), Ian Mc Lean (Universi ty of Weste rn Australia), Amy Meyers (Huntington Library and Art Gallery), W J T Mitchell (Unive rsity 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 Pom ero y (The Natio nal Museum of Wom en in the Ar ts, Washing to n), 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 Sharm a (Banast hali Vid yapith University), David So lkin (Courtauld Institute), Cather ine Speck (University of Sout h 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 ÂŁ75 (full-time students ÂŁ30) and are available from the Tate Box Office (020 7887 8888).

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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 men t but also the key question of interpretation. The manner in which a lo ng-established ' 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 serva tion, plann ing and design worlds; this event accordingly seeks to define and compare recen t work on this subject by giving prominence to expert studies on medi um -sized Georgian com munities on either side of th e Atlantic.

Themes dealt with in the co nference sessions will include the translation of the ubiquitous term ' heritage', the objectives of the interpreters, the establishmen t of cross-disciplin ary partnerships, the treatment and application of modern contextual design, and of the historic realities exploited, o r 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 Wi lliamsburg. Lectures include James Ayers (Bath Preservation Trust) on Bath; O rlando Ridout (Maryland Historic Trust) on Annapo lis; Julian Ho lder (Heriot-Watt University) on Edinburgh; Carl Lounsbury (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ) 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 fascinating, yet neglected, periods in British history. T he Paul Mellon Cen tre and the National Portrait Gal lery are co-organising this international scholarly conference in conju nction with the exhibition 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-go in g, and promiscuous. Women had a new prom inence at cou r 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 assump tions 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 popular prints to poetry, the lectu res will examine the ways in which royal women, m istresses, actresses and female cou rtiers were portrayed and considered, both during their li fetimes 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 (Wash ington 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

PUBLI C ARTIST, PRIVATE PASSI ONS The World of Edward Linley Sambour ne Thursday J3th Septemb er 2001

at tlze Paul Mellon Centre This study day is a prelude to the exhibition at Leighton House Muse um (27 September 200 1-13 Januar y 2002). Sa mbourn e rose from occasional contributor to chief pol itical cartoonis t of the satirical magazin e P11nch. His social circle included some o f th e m ost impo r tant ar tistic figures of the day s uch as Frederic, Lord Leighto n, Marcus Stone, H enry Ir ving, Luke Fildes and Oscar Wilde. The exh ibition illustrates Sambo urne's use of photograp hy to inform his drawings for Punch and how h is interest in the medium led him to crea te a uniqu e collection of cyanotypes which ca me in later life to ecl ipse his graphi c wo rk.

Edward Linley Sambournc Pliotogmpliic study: Mrs Cornwallis ( 1895)

Lectu res will exa mine Sa mbourn e's work, techniques and use o f professio nal and amateur models. The s peakers will create a co ntext fo r Sambou rne's oeuvre and discuss its releva nce to modern practi ce. Speakers w ill incl ude Dr Aliso n Smith (Tate Britain), Professor Leo nee Ormond (Kings College), Simon Po pple (University of Teeside), Dr Marti n Postle (Tate Britai n) and Coli n Harding (Nati onal Museum of Photography, Film and Television).

FELLOWSHIP AWARDS FOR 2001 At the March 200 I meeting of the Centre's Adviso ry Cou ncil, the fo ll owi ng fellowships were awarded:

Cassandra Albinson (Ya le Un iversi ty) to conduct research in the Un ited Kingdom for her thesis on Modernity and the

SENIOR FELLOWSHI PS Diana Donald (Manchester Met ropolitan Un iversity) to complete her book Animal Imagery i11 British Art I750- 1850.

Rosemarie Dias (University of York) to co nduct research at Yale for her thesis o n Boyde/I's Shakespeare Ga llery: Exhibition

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.

POSTDOCTO RAL FELLOWSHI PS Bolger Hoock (Corpus C hristi College, Oxford ) to prepare his book The Royal Academy as a 'National Institution' 1768-1 820 for publ ication.

Michaela Giebelhausen (University of Essex) to prepare her book Representation, Belief and the Pre-Raphaelit e fo r publicatio n.

H elene Furjan (ex-Universit y of Prin ceton) to prepare her book John Soane and the Ho11se-museu m for publicati o n.

Joseph Monteyne (Un iversity 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-build-

ing: 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-Co urtauld Institute) to prepare her book The Ormesby Psalter for publica tion .

Carol Davidson-Cr agoe (Institute of Histo ri cal Resea rch, Un ive rsity of Lo ndo n ) to prepare her book Written in Stone:

Architecture, Liturgy a11d the Laity in English Parish Churches c.1125-1250 for publicati o n.

Vale rie Scott (ex-Universi ty of Bristol) to prepare her boo k The Classical Orders i11 l6th-ce11tury E11glish Architecture fo r publication.

JUNIOR FELLOWSHI PS Jennifer H allam (University of Pennsylva nia ) to conduct research in the Un ited Kingdom for her thesis on Re-

Prese11ting Wom en in Early St!lart England: Gender Ideology, Personal Politics and the Portrait Arts.

Catherin e Reed ( Pennsylvania State Uni versity) to conduct research in the United Ki ngdom for her thes is o n Exhibiting

National Cha racter at the 1951 Festival of Britain.

Noblewoman: A ristocratic Portraiture in Britain 1832-1885.

Culture and Spectatorship in the Late 18th Century.

Morna O 'Neill (Yale Uni versity) to conduct research in the United Ki ngdom fo r her thesis on 'Art is Born Again': The

Allegorical Paintings of Walter Crane.

Lola Sanch ez-Jauregui (University of Madrid) to conduct resea rch at Yale for her thesis on The Grand To!lr and I 8th-cen-

tury Anglo-Italian relationships.

ROME FELLOWSHI P Rich ard Read (University of Western Austral ia) to research on Adrian Stokes, The Early Career: Art Criticism, Literature &

Psychoanalys is.

RESEARCH SUPPORT GRANTS Rebecca Daniels (Birkbeck College, Un iversity of London ) towards travel arou nd the United Kingdom to research for her thesis on Walter Sickert and Popular Art. Mi chael Rosenthal (University of Warwick) towards travel to Austra lia to research fo r 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 thes is on Picture Pe1fect: Behaviollral

Modification in Late Medieval English Wall Painting.

Anne Helmreich (Northwester n Un iversity) towa rd s t ravel to th e U nited Ki ngdom to research for her boo k Landscape Painting i11 Britain 1880-1920.

Melinda McC urdy (UC Sa nta Barbara) towa rds travel to Lo ndon to resea rch for her book English History Painting

c.1 820- 1837.

Chris tina Ca rlson (Un iversity of C hicago ) towards travel to the United Kingdom to resea rch for he r thesis Fro111 Conflict to

Catholicism: Anti-Popery as 'Social Co 11tract' in Political Cartoons and Political Drama in England 1603- 88.

Jenni fe r Holmes ( Europea n Un iversity l nstitute) towa rds travel to New Haven and New York to resea rch for her thesis The

City a11d Gender in Vorticism and ltalian Furtllrism c. I909-18.

Deb orah Lewittes (City Universit y of New Yo rk) towards travel to the United Kingdom to research for her thesis Architectllre

i11 the Diaspora: England 1927- 57.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FO F 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

However, no additional informat ion, o ffprints, art icles or books should be enclosed with you r application.

As part of the terms and condi ti ons of the award, successful candidates will be required to submit an end-of-award report on th e progress they have made. If any fellows appointed by the Centre accept fu ll-time employment during the period of the fellowship, the Cen tre will request that the appropriate reimbursement of the amount of the award is made.

In order lo fu rth er s upport scholarship in the field of British art and architectural history and to disseminate knowledge through publications, exhibitio ns, and educati on, the Paul Mellon Centre offers a variety of fellowshi ps and grants.

Fellowships are ava ilable both to established scholars and to younger scho lars en teri ng the field or seeking to develop their research and publications. Grants also provide funds fo r curatorial research, exhibitions, publications, and educati onal programmes related to British art and architecture in museums, galleries, historic houses, and similar institu tions. However, the Cen tre's remit does not cover contemporary fine arts, archaeology, the current practice of architecture o r the performing 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 acknowledgemen t within 14 days of the application's receipt. Please note, however, that amendments to the text of application s after the closing date are no t accepted other than in exceptional circumstances, and that the Cen tre accepts no responsibility for applicat io ns lost in the post.

Applica nts will be in formed in writing of the Advisory Co uncil's decision no later than three weeks after the Cou ncil's m eeting. Please note that the Centre is unable to notify applicants of awards by telepho ne or via e- mail.

FELLOWSHIPS Fellowshi ps are awarded annually at th e Advisory Council's March meeting; fellowship applications, however, must a rrive at the Paul Mello n Cen tre by 15 January.

Applications should be not more than 2,000 words, submitted in duplicate, and wit h the category of fellowship applied for clearly marked. They should include the following:

+ n11 011tli11e oft Ire field of resen rclr + details of curre11t employ111e11t 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

Th ree independent closed references should also be sent directly to the Centre, to arrive not later than 15 January.

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 o r to fund a temporary replacement at the fellow's institution. T he Centre also welcomes projects involving matching funding and coll aborative work. Each fellowship is offered for no longer than twelve m on th s, and must be used on a fu ll -time basis. Appli cants arc required to demonstrate that their manuscript can be completed within the period they specify, and scho lars 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. T he maximum award for a Senior Fellowship is £25,000 or $42,000, plus a small travelling allowance.

Postdoctoral Fellowships Fellowships are usuall y awarded for six- month periods. They arc offered to enable the fellow to t ransform doctoral research into pu bl ishable form, such as a book, series of articles or exhibition catalogue, or to support new research arisin g out of a successfull y s ubmitted doctoral dissertation where that research may readily lead to publication.

Normall y the postdoctoral fellowship is awarded within four years of an applicant's doctoral award. All applicants must have had their doctoral theses successfull y examined.

Awa rds of up to £6,000 are made ei ther as a stipend to the fellow or to fu nd a temporary replacement at the fellow's institution. Fellows may choose, if appropriate, to be affiliated either wi th the Paul Mellon Cen tre in London or the Yale Center fo r British Ar t in New Haven.

Junior Fellowships Three-mon th fellowships in the United Kingdom (based at the Paul Mellon Centre in London) o r the United States (based at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven ) arc offered to scholars already engaged in doctoral research. Ca ndidates may be of any natio nality, but normally must be enrolled in a graduate programme at an American University for stud y in the Uni ted Kingdom or at a non-American univers ity for study in the United States. Ju nior Fellows receive a monthly stipend of £1,500 or $ 1,500 and a return ai rfare.

Applicants shoul d also note the Research Support Travel Grants, o utli ned 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 field 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 a nd written Italian, and the fellowship ca n be taken at any time between l September and 31 July.

Applicati ons 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 awa rded an nu ally at the Advisory Co unc il 's October meeting; gran t appl icatio ns, however, must arrive at the Paul Mell on Centre by 15 Septembe r.

Please do not send any add itional 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 ca n be given to cover reasonable administrative and institutional expenses but not personal living costs.

Appl ications fo r grants should be not more than I ,OOO wo rds, submitted in duplicate, and sho uld 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 + + +

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+ + +

pln1111i11g other sources offinancial 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 m useu ms, the Paul Mellon Cen tre makes a limited number of grants to institutions for curatori al 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 \ I

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 institution is also required to set out the expectations and responsibilities 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 undertake 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 exhib itions or permanent collections of British fine and decora tive arts and arch itecture with a range of grants up to a maximum of £20,000 or $35,000. O ther scholarly publications in British art for museums and public galleries, such as introductions or handbooks to a collection, are also eligible.

Publication projects other than catalogues, however, must have been fully completed before a submission for gra nt aid can be made.

Educal ional Programme Grants T he Paul Mellon Centre wishes to support a broad spect rum of educational programmes related to British a rt o r archi tectural history. These may include lectures, symposia, seminars or conferences for scholars and/or the general public. Gran ts in this area do not normally exceed £5,000 or $8,000.

Research Support Grants Travel and subsistence grants to a max im 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 arch itecture. The grants may be used to visit collections, libraries, a rchives, co nferences 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 Ce nter for British Art offers a li mited number of short- term resident fellowsh ips to scholars in postdocto ral or equ ivalent research related to British art and to museum profess ionals whose research interests include British arl. These fellowships allow scholars of either literature, history, the history of art or related fields to study the Center's holdings and to make use of its research facilities. 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 bacinfo@yale.edu www.yale.edu/ ycba

FORTHC OMING PUBLICA TIONS 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 ÂŁ35.00 September 2001

Eileen Harris, ed.

THE GENIUS OF ROBERT ADAM His Interiors 400 pp, 250 black-&-white illustrations, 250 colour plates ISBN 0-300-08129-4 ÂŁ65.00 September 2001

Th is 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 commissioned photographs by David Davison beautifully docu ment this architectural history.

Robert Adam was one of the greatest British architects of the later eighteenth century. In this elegantly illustrated book, Eileen Harris shows the syn thesis of architecture, planning and decoration that stands at the heart of Adam's achievemen t. 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.

The book opens with a discussion of the people who were involved in the creation of public arch itecture and a description of the physical appearance of Ireland at the time, including 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 extensive research in arch ives throughout Britain and Ireland, McParland documents in vivid detail the architectural and social importance of these remarkable public buildings.

Edward McParland is lecturer in the department of the history of art and fellow at Trinity College in Dublin.

Most of Adam's work was in pre-existing houses; the challenges 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 fu lly examined the houses themselves to d iscover exactly what Ada m did in each project and why. Taking into account later alteratio ns and renovation s, 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

Hyman argues that this 'Battle for Rea lism' shaped and internation alised British art and addresses a range of ar tis ts, from The Royal Academy Exliibitio11s at Somerset House 1780-1836 Modernist realists such as Auerbach, Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, 240 pp, 145 black-&-white illustrations, 70 colour plates Moore an d Sutherland to social realists Hogarth, de Francia 0-300-09091-9 £45.00 and the ' kitchen-sink painters'. He also draws on contemporary October 2001 critical writing to give fresh insights into the art debates of the ~:""='.....,~ period and gives new prominence to the central roles of the On I May 1780, the " critics John Berger and David Sylvester.

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Arts opened its twelfth ~ annual exh ibitio n, Lhc ~· first to be held in the r. = magnificent rooms of ~ -~· William C ham bcrs's newly built Somerset House. For Lhe next gc.. fifty-seven years, th e 0 = Great Room of Somerset House effectivel y 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 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 exh ibition opening in October 200 I, experts revisit and assess this period of great achievement and central importance in the history of British art.

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 yma n Lakes a fresh look at the crucial years after th e 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 vangua rd posiJames Hymon tion and stood in opposition to the competing claims made for American Abstract Expressionism. He examin es two distinct visions of realism-social realism and Modernist realism-and explores their political implications and ideological significance.

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James Hyman is a London-based art historian. He is a lecturer, broadcaster and writer and curated British Figurative Painting of the 20th Ce11t11ry (British Co un cil, l 992) and Picasso: Artist of the Ce11tury (Kunsthal, Rotterdam, 1999).

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 reassessmen t 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 Sa nders, 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 COLLECTIO NS: H OLBEIN 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 present, the exhibition will reveal both the rich ness of the collections 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 incl udes works by Hogarth, Stubbs, Turn er and Cons tab le, whi le th e Huntington will lend works by Gainsborough, Reynolds and Romney.

T he Metropolita n Museum of Art in New York is gen erously supporting the exhibition wi th the loan of five paintings, including two celebrated masterpieces by Thomas Lawren ce. T he scope of the exhibition covers the best of the many non-British arti sts 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.

T he range of lenders to the exhibition wi ll not be confined to prominent public collections. Wo rks from private collectio ns will incl ude a majo r ea rly Constable, The Wheatfield, a nd important works by Richa rd Parkes Bonington, John Everett Millais, Albert Moore, Stanley Spencer, Francis Bacon , David Hackney, Lucian Freud, and Jenny Saville.

T he exhibition will include certain works of special impo rtance in the history of the American taste for Brit ish artTurner'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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