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SUMMARY:Noble Ambition: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House after WWII
DESCRIPTION:As the sun set slowly on the British Empire\, its mansions and great country houses fell and rose. Ancient families were reduced to demolishing the parts of their stately homes they could no longer afford\, Dukes and Duchesses desperately clung to their ancestral seats\, and a new class of homeowners bought their way into country life. For every impoverished country squire watching in horror as the taxman chipped away at the estate\, there was another who managed to carry on. \nHistorian Adrian Tinniswood\, OBE\, will pull us into these crumbling halls of power\, leading us through the juiciest bits of postwar aristocratic history—from Mick Jagger dancing at deb balls to the scandals of Princess Margaret or the the Marquess of Bath selling a village and buying lions. He will provide an illustrated tour of some English country homea after World War II—including National Trust properties Hinton Ampner\, Mount Stewart\, Hardwick Hall and Erdigg—and explain how swinging London collided with aristocratic values. Capturing the spirit of the age\, Tinniwood proves that the country house is not only an iconic symbol\, but also a lens through which to understand the shifting fortunes of the British elite in an era of monumental social change. \n   \nAdrian Tinniswood\nAdrian Tinniswood\, OBE is a Senior Research Fellow in History at the University of Buckingham. He is the author of 15 books on architectural and social history including the New York Times bestseller The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars and Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household\,The House Party: A Short History of Leisure\, Pleasure and the Country House Weekend. \nHis most recent book is Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After WWII.  Tinniswood was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to heritage. \n\nLIVE\nTuesday\, May 3\, | 2:00 p.m. (ET)\nOnline via Zoom Webinar\n$15 members; $20 non-members \n\nRENT\nFrom Wednesday\, May 4 to Monday\, May 16\nRent the recorded lecture to watch at your leisure\n$15 members; $20 non-members
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/noble-ambition/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Hertfordshire: Countryside on London’s Border
DESCRIPTION:Within easy reach of bustling London lays the beautiful county of Hertfordshire. Known for its green landscapes and historical landmarks it is one of England’s smaller counties\, but full of sights to see. Join Royal Oak as Rob Smith leads us on a virtual stroll through country walks that inspired Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. We will trapse through the enchantment of bluebell woods and see old pubs cast next to ancient churches that are sure to inspire writings of your own. \nHighlights of the tour will include National Trust properties such as the Edwardian villa that was once home to one of the most photographed and quoted men of the world; playwright\, politician\, philosopher Bernard Shaw and the Ashridge Estate\, a working estate continuing a 3\,000-year tradition over its expansive 5\,000 acres that supports a rich variety of wildlife. \nLIVE\nThursday\, May 5 | 5:00 p.m. ET\nOnline via Zoom Webinar\n$30 members and $40 non-members \n\nRENT\nFrom Friday\, May 6 to Friday\, May 13 \nRent the recorded lecture to watch at your leisure\n$30 members and $40 non-members
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/hertfordshire/
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SUMMARY:Spitalfields: From Huguenots to Hipsters
DESCRIPTION:Brushfield Street\, Spitalfields \nLondon is a city of constant change and nowhere is this better illustrated than in the history of Spitalfields. Formerly the fashionable home of Spanish ambassadors to the English Courts of the 16th and 17th centuries\, its first major development was courtesy of the Huguenots fleeing the religious persecution of Protestants in France in the late 17th century. They laid out a grand estate of well-appointed terraces designed specifically for their trade and “Weaver Town” was born and prospered. \nSpitalfields became the landing point for various waves of 19th century migrants and became one of London’s notorious “rookeries” characterised by overcrowding and poverty. Then came the hipsters. Attracted by relatively cheap rents\, “edgy” bars and restaurants started to move in. Independent retailerssoon followed; former industrial premises were re-purposed as event\, pop-up\, and creative spaces; and the entrepreneurs of the new digital economies moved in. “Hipster Town” was born. \nJoin Mark Rowland to hear the fascinating stories of Spitalfields that tell of hange\, adaptation\, decline and regeneration. \nLIVE\nTuesday\, May 11 | 2:00 p.m. ET\nOnline via Zoom Webinar\n$30 members and $40 non-members \nRENT\nFrom Thursday\, May 12 to Wednesday\, May 18\nRent the recorded lecture to watch at your leisure\n$30 members and $40 non-members
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/spitalfields/
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SUMMARY:Awaking the Sleeping Beauty: Edward Burne-Jones and his Art
DESCRIPTION:When hosting in-person events\, Royal Oak must comply with current state and local laws regarding vaccine card requirement to gain admittance.  \n\n Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898)\, the son of a humble Birmingham picture framer\, became perhaps the most exceptional and versatile figure of the English Aesthetic movement. He excelled as a painter\, draughtsman\, designer of furniture\, stained glass\, and tapestry\, and succeeded in spreading his reputation well beyond England to the Continent and America. Nowhere is this more evident than in Burne-Jones’s Briar Rose paintings\, an extraordinary series of works\, which occupied the artist for more than half his lifetime. In 1864\, Burne-Jones was commissioned to design a set of ceramic tiles for artist Myles Birket Foster’s house\, The Hill\, in Witley\, Surrey. The theme was to be the Briar Rose\, the “Sleeping Beauty” story derived from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s 1842 poem\, The Day-dream\, which evoked England’s medieval past. \n“She sleeps\, nor dreams\, but ever dwells\,” wrote Tennyson\, “a perfect form in perfect rest.” These lines perfectly paralleled the Aesthetic aims of Burne-Jones\, and of his friend William Morris\, to create “Art for art’s sake”—an ideal object\, with no greater purpose than its own beauty\, displayed within a setting distinctly suited to itself. These extraordinary\, vibrant tiles\, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum\, evidently pleased Burne-Jones\, as he returned to the theme in 1869\, with three small-format Briar Rose paintings. Four years later\, Burne-Jones revisited the subject yet again with a larger scale series of paintings for the saloon at Buscot Park\, Faringdon. \nJoin Country Life and Vanity Fair contributor Patrick Monahan to discover the Sleeping Beauties of one of Victorian England’s artistic geniuses—paintings which echo a distant\, enchanted past. \nPatrick Monahan\nPatrick Monahan is a writer and independent art advisor\, specializing in British paintings\, drawings\, and sculpture from the eighteenth century to the present. A native New Yorker\, he is consulted by collectors and museums on both sides of the Atlantic\, including the Museo de Arte de Ponce\, Puerto Rico.\nHis written work appears in Country Life and Vanity Fair\, as well as in the exhibition catalogue “Flaming June: the making of an icon\,” Leighton House\, London\, 2016. He holds an Mphil from the University of Cambridge as well as a BA from the University of Chicago\, both in art history. He lives and works in New York City\, with regular visits to London. \nInstagram: @thepatrickmonahan \n\nLIVE\nWednesday May 16\, | 6:00 p.m. (ET)\nThe General Society Library\, NYC\n$35 members; $40 non-members and guests \n\nRENT\nFrom Thursday\, May 19 to Monday\, May 30 \nRent the recorded lecture to watch at your leisure\n$20 members; $25 non-members and guests
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/sleeping-beauty/
LOCATION:The General Society Library\, 20 W. 44th Street\, New York City\, 10036\, United States
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SUMMARY:Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts
DESCRIPTION:Pink castles\, talking sofas\, and a prince transformed into a teapot: what sounds like fantasies from the pioneering animation of the Walt Disney Animation Studios were in fact the realities from the colorful salons of Rococo Paris. Join Royal Oak and Friends of the Louvre as Wolf Burchard\, Associate Curator in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, will give a virtual tour of the museum’s first-ever exhibition this past Spring that explored the work of Walt Disney and the hand-drawn animation of the Walt Disney Animation Studios. If you missed it at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the show\, Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts\, is on view at the Wallace Collection\, London from April 6\, 2022 – October 16\, 2022. \nThe exhibition examines Disney’s personal fascination with European art and French visual culture. Dr.Burchard will explain the use of French art and architectural motifs in Disney’s films\, and draw parallels between the studios’ magical creations and their artistic models. Focusing on three French fairytales retold by Disney in animation (Cinderella\, 1950; Sleeping Beauty\, 1959; and Beauty and the Beast\, 1991) Burchard will discuss tapestries\, furniture\, Boulle clocks and Sèvres porcelain and compare them to production artworks and designs from the collection of the Walt Disney Archives and Walt Disney Family Museum. \n\nLIVE\nTuesday\, May 17 | 5:00 p.m. ET\nOnline via Zoom Webinar\n$30 ROF and American Friends of the Louvre members and $40 non-members \n\nRENT\nFrom Wednesday\, May 18 to Wednesday\, May 25 \nRent the recorded lecture to watch at your leisure\n$30 ROF and American Friends of the Louvre members and $40 non-members
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/walt-disney/
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