Orientalists Artists in an Orientalist House?

Study Day

Date: Saturday 4 October 2008
Time: 9.30am – 5pm
Cost: £20
Booking: 0207 471 9156 or email museums@rbkc.gov.uk

Leighton House Museum provides the sumptuous and appropriate setting for a joint Study Day with ASTENE on Orientalist travellers and artists. Taking the exhibition at Tate Britain The Lure of the East, British Orientalist Painting as their point of reference, each speaker will focus on key historical figures and look at the role they played in interpreting and defining the region, both culturally and politically.

Programme

• A Special Shrine for his Collection of Enamels: Frederic Leighton, Richard Burton and William de Morgan in Leighton House – Sarah Searight, Traveller and Writer
• William James Müller (1812 - 1845): A Speedy and Brilliant Sketcher of ‘Spoils’ – Dr Brian Taylor, Chairman, ASTENE
• Orientalism in Architecture and the Decorative Arts: The Influence of Owen Jones – Dr Kathryn Ferry, Freelance Writer, Historian and Lecturer
• Horticultural cross-fertilisations: John Frederick Lewis and the language of flowers – Briony Lewellyn, Art Historian
• The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Cultural Exchange: Women as creators, collectors, and subjects of Orientalism – Professor Reina Lewis, Artscom Centenary Professor in Fashion Studies, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts
• Orientalist Debriefing: Looking back on The Lure of the Eastexhibition – Dr Nicholas Tromans, Curator, The Lure of the East Exhibition, Tate Britain; Senior Lecturer, Kingston University

How to book

To book a place on the Study Day, download and print a Study Day booking form [PDF file information] (File size 51Kb)

Alternatively, email museums@rbkc.gov.uk or call 020 7471 9156.