London Renaissance Seminar: Artists and Artisans: Creative Work in Early Modern England
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
No booking required
How did men and women define their occupational identities and learn to express their creativity in early modern England? Can a discussion of artists and artisans expand our knowledge of the production of portraits, decorative objects and accessories in England?
1.00 – 1.30 Coffee
1.30 - 1.50 Sarah Birt, ‘Creative work: An Introduction’
1.50 – 2.20 Helen Draper, ‘Painter Mary Beale (1633-99) and the commerce of art and love’
2.20 – 2.50 Dr Kate Smith, ‘The Creative Everyday: Failure, Repetition and the Production of Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Manufactories’
2.50 – 3.15 Discussion
3.15 – 3.40 Refreshments
3.40 – 4.10 Dr Amy Louise Erickson, ‘Fanny Burney and fan-making in 18th Century London'
4.10 – 5.00 Panel discussion
Organiser: Sarah Birt
Contact name:
Sue Wiseman