Diploma lecture series 2012
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Absolutism to enlightenment: European art and culture 1665-1765
Course, Lecture / symposium
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In the late 17th century, Europe was animated by a new scientific spirit. New discoveries in the physical and social sciences permeated all aspects of human existence. A new age was born. It is the age of the triumph of reason: the enlightenment.
The art and architecture of this period belong in broad terms to the late Baroque. But in France particularly, and in the decorative arts especially, Baroque exuberance is replaced by a style of delicacy and whimsy known as the rococo. The great painters of this time, including Watteau, Boucher and Fragonard, speak a language of refined eroticism as exquisite as a set of variations by their German contemporary JS Bach.
The 18th century is the moment at which life itself becomes a work of art, as reflected in everything from a frock coat to a tea cup. The opening of trade routes with the east bring the novelties of porcelain and chinoiserie, while exotic animals, birds and plants are seen and classified for the first time. The mood of scientific enquiry translates into an exuberant curiosity and hunger for understanding which also sees the birth of the museum.
This course traces the art of the enlightenment to the height of the rococo style. At a time around 1765 the rococo is rejected in favour of neo-classicism. Just at the time the enlightenment sees its proudest achievement in the last volumes of Diderot’s great encyclopedia, there are voices of dissent. Reason is not everything. A new course is set which will end in romanticism.
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Full year • Term 1 • Term 2 • Term 3 • Individual lectures: see below
Various Wednesdays 6pm
Various Thursdays 1pm
1 February - 1 November 2012
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Full year: non-members $740, members $530
Per term: non-members $310, members $220
Per lecture: non-members $35, members $25
Term 1: 1 Feb – 3 May
Term 2: 9 May – 2 Aug
Term 3: 8 Aug – 1 Nov
Bookings and enquiries: 02 9225 1878
Cancellations:
Three full working days (Mon–Fri) notice is required to qualify for a refund. All refunds attract an administration charge of 25% of the ticket price(s) with a minimum charge of $5. With full year or per term tickets, there are no refunds for single sessions, unless a session is cancelled. Not negotiable.
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Proudly sponsored by
Francois Boucher (1703-70) The toilet 1742 (detail), oil on canvas, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, JP Zenobel, The Bridgeman Art Library
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The shrinking planet
Wednesday 1 February 6pm – 7pm
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Richard Beresford
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Art in Rome after 1650
Wednesday 8 February 6pm – 7pm
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Christopher Allen
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Charles II and the restoration
Wednesday 15 February 6pm – 7pm
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Lorraine Kypiotis
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Performing power and prestige: the great fêtes in the gardens of Vaux and Versailles
Wednesday 22 February 6pm – 7pm
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Rachelle Johnston
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The court at Versailles: space, ritual and the courtly body
Wednesday 29 February 6pm – 7pm
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Mark de Vitis
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The late Baroque in northern Italy and Germany
Wednesday 7 March 6pm – 7pm
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Michael Hill
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Rubenisme versus Poussinisme
Wednesday 14 March 6pm – 7pm
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Christopher Allen
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Jan van Huysum: the rise and strange demise of the Baroque flower piece
Wednesday 21 March 6pm – 7pm
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Richard Beresford
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Learning from architecture in Sicily: classicism and the Baroque
Wednesday 28 March 6pm – 7pm
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Peter Kohane
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History painting from Le Brun to rococo
Wednesday 4 April 6pm – 7pm
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Mark Ledbury
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Meissen porcelain: the origins of white gold in Europe
Wednesday 2 May 6pm – 7pm
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Mark de Vitis
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Chinoiserie
Wednesday 9 May 6pm – 7pm
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Craig Judd
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Antoine Watteau: art, theatre and the fête galante
Wednesday 16 May 6pm – 7pm
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Josephine Touma
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Fashioning identity in 18th century French portraiture
Wednesday 23 May 6pm – 7pm
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Mark de Vitis
Change of date: Please note this lecture was originally scheduled on 13 & 14 June 2012
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Revealing and concealing in the rococo interior
Wednesday 30 May 6pm – 7pm
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Georgina Cole
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Eroticism and rococo art
Wednesday 6 June 6pm – 7pm
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Jennifer Milam
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Rocaille ornament
Wednesday 13 June 6pm – 7pm
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Terence Maloon
Change of date: Please note this lecture was originally scheduled on 23 & 24 May 2012
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The element of fire: porcelain in France
Wednesday 20 June 6pm – 7pm
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Josephine Touma
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Madame de Pompadour
Wednesday 27 June 6pm – 7pm
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Jessica Priebe
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Hogarth and the art of satire
Wednesday 18 July 6pm – 7pm
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Peter Raissis
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Listening in: the conversation piece in England
Wednesday 25 July 6pm – 7pm
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Georgina Cole
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Enlightened absolutism in Russia: the city of St Petersburg
Wednesday 1 August 6pm – 7pm
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Rosamund Bartlet
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Fashion revolution: dress in the 18th century
Wednesday 8 August 6pm – 7pm
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Peter McNeil
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The vedutisti: Canaletto and Bellotto
Wednesday 15 August 6pm – 7pm
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David Marshall
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Tiepolo in Venice and the Veneto
Wednesday 22 August 6pm – 7pm
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Lorraine Kypiotis
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Piranesi, defender of the Romans
Wednesday 29 August 6pm – 7pm
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Michael Hill
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The grand tour
Wednesday 5 September 6pm – 7pm
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Michael Hill
Change of date: Please note this lecture was originally scheduled on 12 & 13 September 2012
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Boucher and the artifice of nature
Wednesday 12 September 6pm – 7pm
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Jessica Priebe
Change of date: Please note this lecture was originally scheduled on 5 & 6 September 2012
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Liotard, La Tour and the pastellists
Wednesday 19 September 6pm – 7pm
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Peter Raissis
Change of date: Please note this lecture was originally scheduled on 17 & 18 October 2012
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The quiet rapture of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Wednesday 10 October 6pm – 7pm
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Barry Pearce
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The Enlightenment and the kingdom of animals
Wednesday 17 October 6pm – 7pm
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Craig Judd
Change of date: Please note this lecture was originally scheduled on 19 & 20 September 2012
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Happy hazards of the swing
Wednesday 24 October 6pm – 7pm
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Jennifer Milam
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The sleep of reason
Wednesday 31 October 6pm – 7pm
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Richard Beresford
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