BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Royal Oak Foundation - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The Royal Oak Foundation
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.royal-oak.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Royal Oak Foundation
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20230312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20231105T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T150000
DTSTAMP:20240323T174523Z
CREATED:20240320T133921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240323T174523Z
UID:10000115-1712239200-1712242800@www.royal-oak.org
SUMMARY:Zoom Live | Borrowed Landscapes: The Influence of China and Japan on the English Country House
DESCRIPTION:Borrowed Landscapes: The Influence of China and Japan on the English Country House \nThursday\, April 4 | 2:00 p.m. (ET)\nZoom Webinar (Live) \nAn English lacquer cabinet\, c.1690\, in the Morning Room at Saltram\, Devon. \nFrom the 17th century onwards\, Chinese and Japanese art and ornamentation influenced the design and decoration of interiors and gardens in Britain and Ireland. The importation of Chinese and Japanese luxury goods—lacquer\, porcelain\, embroidered silk\, wallpaper\, etc.—allowed designers and homeowners to incorporate these objects into their interiors. The East India Companies also commissioned objects from Chinese and Japanese artisans\, incorporating European forms and Western patterns. \nHowever\, British designers and artisans also created their own fanciful interpretations of Asian styles and forms\, often mistaking the original meaning or purpose behind the designs. These Western-created hybrid styles have been known as chinoiserie and japonisme and remain popular in decoration and design. Over the centuries\, even as China and Japan became better known to Europeans\, the fictional idea of what is ‘oriental’ remained prevalent in Western design. \nEmile de Bruijn\, will explore the impact of Chinese and Japanese material culture on British historic houses and gardens\, based on the research he undertook (and the photography that was commissioned) for his new book Borrowed Landscapes. De Bruijn will illustrate how elements of Chinese and Japanese culture were admired but often misunderstood by Western craftsmen. He will also show how resulting designs were both idealized and desired\, while dismembered and caricatured. Finally\, he will explain how the collection of Asian objects in British and Irish country houses and the use of Asian design elements in Western furniture was not just about appropriation but also reflected admiration and an attempt by designers to appeal to the senses and admiration of the beholder. \nEmile de Bruijn\n\nEmile de Bruijn studied Japanese at Leiden University\, the Netherlands\, and museology at Essex University\, United Kingdom. After working in the Japanese and Chinese art departments of the auctioneers Sotheby’s\, he joined the National Trust where he currently has the role of Assistant National Curator of Decorative Arts. In 2017 he published the monograph Chinese Wallpaper in Britain and Ireland\, and his latest book is Borrowed Landscapes: China and Japan in the Historic Houses and Gardens of Britain and Ireland (2023).
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-live-borrowed-landscapes-the-influence-of-china-and-japan-on-the-english-country-house/
CATEGORIES:Live Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.royal-oak.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1739449.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T190000
DTSTAMP:20240323T180535Z
CREATED:20240320T135203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240323T180535Z
UID:10000120-1713290400-1713294000@www.royal-oak.org
SUMMARY:Zoom Live | A Collector’s Country House: William Randolph Hearst with Victoria Kastner
DESCRIPTION:A Collector’s Country House: William Randolph Hearst \nTuesday\, April 16 | 6:00 p.m. (ET)\nZoom Webinar (Live) \nWhen Winston Churchill visited William Randolph Hearst’s estate at San Simeon during Churchill’s 1929 California tour\, he was pleasantly surprised. Though he had been expecting “a Monte Carlo casino perched atop the Rock of Gibraltar\,” he found instead a stunning country house and an intriguing host. Hearst was an art collector in the 18th-century English tradition. Like William Beckford and Horace Walpole\, Hearst personally selected every object in his vast collection\, and determined its location. For 28 years\, Julia Morgan—the first female architect to gain worldwide prominence—worked right beside him creating La Cuesta Encantada (The Enchanted Hill)\, as it was formally known. \nAt San Simeon\, Hearst blended English country house traditions with Californian informalities. Charlie Chaplin\, Cary Grant\, and all the Hollywood set rubbed elbows with Calvin Coolidge and Bernard Shaw. Presiding as hostess was Hearst’s companion\, the actress Marion Davies. The end result was a quintessentially American country house with English style gardens: built by a media mogul\, designed by a woman architect\, presided over by a Hollywood starlet\, and forever immortalized by a film—Orson Welles’s brooding Citizen Kane. Victoria Kastner will discuss Hearst’s extensive art collection—Renaissance tapestries\, Mediterranean furniture\, English silver\, and architectural fragments galore—and provide lively anecdotes about the hilltop\, in this examination of America’s most glamorous country house and estate. \nVictoria Kastner\n\nVictoria Kastner is a leading scholar and author about the architect Julia Morgan as well as about Hearst Castle\, where she worked for 30 years and was the historian. She is the author of Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House\, with a foreword by George Plimpton\, published by Harry N. Abrams in 2000; Hearst’s San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land\, May 2009; and Hearst Ranch: Family\, Land and Legacy. She co-authored The Beverly Hills Hotel: The First 100 Years with Robert Anderson. In 2022\, Victoria published Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect. Ms. Kastner has lectured extensively on Julia Morgan\, Hearst’s art collection\, and the history of collection for many museums and groups: including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the American Museum in Britain in Bath; and the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. She has also written about Hearst\, San Simeon\, and Morgan for The London Telegraph\, the American Institute of Architects\, Oxford University’s Journal of the History of Collections\, and The Magazine Antiques.
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-live-a-collectors-country-house-william-randolph-hearst-with-victoria-kastner/
LOCATION:Zoom Live\, Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.royal-oak.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kastner_AssemblyRm.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T130000
DTSTAMP:20240325T214534Z
CREATED:20240320T142405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T214534Z
UID:10000126-1713960000-1713963600@www.royal-oak.org
SUMMARY:Zoom Live | The Restoration of Bath’s Assembly Rooms with Connolly and Wellingham
DESCRIPTION:Preserving History: The Restoration of Bath’s Assembly Rooms\n\nManaged by the National Trust since 1931\, the Assembly Rooms hold a special place in Bath’s history and culture\, offering contemporary visitors an immersive experience into the Georgian era. Join Royal Oak as we hear from Connolly Wellingham Architects\, the architectural design and conservation studio appointed by the National Trust to assist with interior design and conservation of this significant showpiece\, ahead of the Trust’s resumption of management of the site. The project will assess the feasibility of revealing currently hidden layers of historic fabric throughout the Assembly Rooms and seek to tell a wider\, immersive story of Bath’s society heyday. \nBuilt during the Georgian era and designed by the esteemed architect John Wood the Younger\, the Assembly Rooms have long been at the heart of fashionable society. Completed in 1771\, these rooms were hailed as “the most noble and elegant” in the UK\, hosting a vibrant array of social gatherings and events. The restoration project includes initiatives that promise to transform the Assembly Rooms into a true reflection of their Georgian heritage. Among these initiatives is the replacement of the modern staircases with a unique Georgian-inspired design. Additionally\, the re-gilding of mirrors and marbling of columns will restore the room’s opulence and grandeur\, while new front doors will welcome guests with a touch of splendor. Removal of infill and installation of new light wells will flood the area with natural light\, recreating the original entrance experience. Also\, upgrading to slimline double-glazed windows will ensure both preservation and comfort\, allowing guests to enjoy the Assembly Rooms in all seasons. Join us as we delve into the restoration journey\, combining historical preservation with modern innovation to breathe new life into this iconic Georgian landmark. \n\nFergus Connolly is from Lancashire and studied architecture at Glasgow School of Art\, and London Metropolitan University. Fergus undertook the SPAB’s Lethaby Scholarship in 2008\, and was awarded first prize in the Georgian Group’s Architectural Drawing Competition (presented by HRH The Prince of Wales)\, later that year. From 2003-2006\, Fergus worked for Martin Stancliffe Architects. In the role of Cathedral Surveyors\, the practice undertook St. Paul’s Cathedral’s largest phase of repair and reordering since it’s completion in 1711. At FCBStudios Fergus spent 8 years as church architect to Grade 1 listed Bath Abbey\, and project architect for The Footprint Project. The project secured £10.5m of HLF support to repair and stabilise the collapsing Abbey floor. During his time at FCBS he also worked on Shrewsbury Flax Mill\, Windsor Castle’s Visitor Masterplan and new conservation studio for the Royal Collection. He authored The Burrell Collection’s Statement of Significance. Fergus lectures and tutors across the UK on vernacular architecture. \n\nCharles Wellingham grew up in Somerset and studied architecture at University of Plymouth and the University of the West of England\, during which time his work was commended by the SPAB Philip Webb award and shortlisted for the RIBA President’s Silver Medal. During 6 years at FCBStudios\, Charlie was the project architect responsible for delivering the heritage led regeneration of Middleport Pottery in Stoke on Trent for the Prince’s Regeneration Trust. The site was built in 1888 and has been home to the Burleigh factory for 150 years. As well as securing the continuation of Burleigh’s craft\, the brief sought to strengthen the economic sustainability of the grade II* listed site by introducing additional complementary uses\, education spaces and visitor facilities. The refurbishment was awarded a national RIBA award\, a Civic Trust AABC Conservation Award and a Europa Nostra Prize for European Cultural Heritage Conservation Excellence. In 2014\, he rejoined FCBS and was responsible for leading the design team overseeing the creative reuse of the former Guildhall court rooms in the heart of medieval Bristol. This included securing Planning and Listed Building Consent for the extension and conversion of the Grade I and II* listed buildings into a hotel complex. Charlie is an associate lecturer at the UWE Architecture School and guest critic in the Part 2 Conservation Studio. Charlie was elected to join the Conservation Register in 2016.
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-live-the-restoration-of-baths-assembly-rooms-with-connolly-and-wellingham/
LOCATION:Zoom Live\, Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.royal-oak.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bath.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR