Pompeo Batoni study morning
Study morning at the National Gallery on their current exhibition of the works of Pompeo Batoni (see blog entry for last week!),
This was a good morning of 3 talks on aspects of the exhibition. The first talk was by Dawson Cart, co-ordinating curator of this exhibition for the gallery. This was a good walk though the exhibition using slides looking at which pictures had been chosen and why and how they fitted together to form the story of this artist. He talked about the stories behind the sitters as well which really brought them to life.
The second talk was Rebecca Lyons, a freelance lecturer, on the Grand Tour, why people went on it, what they did and how they wished to be portrayed on it.
Finally Jacqui Ansell, again a freelance lecturer, looking at the clothes in the portraits. She outlined the different styles of dressed and discussed which we modern and stylist and which were more old fashioned and trying to say more about dignity and gravitas. Particularly interesting was her comparison of the clothes in different pictures and the conclusion that some of them, in particular a scarlet fur trimmed coat, were studio props.
This was a super morning which realty cast new light on the exhibition. I realised there was a lot more to it than I have first noticed and I hope the go back and take another look.
This was a good morning of 3 talks on aspects of the exhibition. The first talk was by Dawson Cart, co-ordinating curator of this exhibition for the gallery. This was a good walk though the exhibition using slides looking at which pictures had been chosen and why and how they fitted together to form the story of this artist. He talked about the stories behind the sitters as well which really brought them to life.
The second talk was Rebecca Lyons, a freelance lecturer, on the Grand Tour, why people went on it, what they did and how they wished to be portrayed on it.
Finally Jacqui Ansell, again a freelance lecturer, looking at the clothes in the portraits. She outlined the different styles of dressed and discussed which we modern and stylist and which were more old fashioned and trying to say more about dignity and gravitas. Particularly interesting was her comparison of the clothes in different pictures and the conclusion that some of them, in particular a scarlet fur trimmed coat, were studio props.
This was a super morning which realty cast new light on the exhibition. I realised there was a lot more to it than I have first noticed and I hope the go back and take another look.
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