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Treasure Houses of Scotland: Royal Heritage Smithsonian-Mason (DRAFT: 2/18/15) Treasure Houses of Scotland: Royal Heritage Smithsonian-Mason Field School at the University of Glasgow June 29 - July 10, 2015 Timetable Monday, Introduction and Contextual Focus June 29 Approaches 9:00-10:15 Course Introduction Course outline, approaches, practicalities 10:30-11:30 Lecture 1: History of Royal The Stuarts, the Union of the Crowns and aftermath, the ‘long’ eighteenth century Scotland: An Overview and the Victorian era, including issues of politics and religion to frame the contextual overview and elucidate the historical narrative 11:30-1:00 Lecture 2: The Anatomy of the Architecture/building as container for material culture with royal and noble Royal and Noble Residence in connections Scotland 2:30-5:00 Lectures/Discussion: Survival Issues of survival, display and re-creation and Interpretation 5:00-7:00 Welcome Reception Tuesday, Research Paper Consultations Review and discuss research papers with Dr. Thea Stevens; free time to use June 30 University of Glasgow Library Wednesday, Identities and Identity Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 1 9:30-12:00 Scottish National Portrait Edinburgh: a brief history of the Scottish capital Gallery: Portraits and Identity An introduction to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Royal and Noble Scotland Portraits of Majesty: Royal Women at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Forming history, forming identity: portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1:30-3:30 Edinburgh Castle: encoding Edinburgh Castle: a brief historical overview identity and presentation of Forming a National Identity: The Honours of Scotland historical site as a critical case The Honours of Scotland: ‘Discovery’, Display and Identity study Thursday, Noble Objects Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 2 9:30-12:00 National Museum of Scotland, An introduction to the National Museum of Scotland and its collections Overview Lectures: Material culture, collecting and survival: tracing the lineaments of noble objects 2:00-5:00 National Museum of Scotland, Creating a ‘History’: Mary, Queen of Scots at the National Museum of Class and discussions in Scotland (NMS) collections Evoking a presence: the jewellery and other objects associated with Mary, Queen of Scots at the NMS Evoking the noble interior: the display of wooden furnishings at the NMS Noble furnishings at the NMS, with a focus on the oak cabinet said to be connected to Mary Queen of Scots Evoking noble identity: the display of glass and silver at the NMS Noble connections: the glass and silver at the NMS, with focus on one selected object from each category (glass and silver) (DRAFT: 2/18/15) Friday, Ostentation, Display and Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 3 Re-creation 9:30-12:30 Stirling Castle: the material Stirling: the key to the kingdom culture of royalty Stirling Castle: a brief historical overview Stirling Castle Palace: ostentation, display and recreation via the Stirling Heads Recreating the Renaissance interior: the Stirling Heads Stirling Castle Palace: Display, re-creation and interpretation of a ‘Royal’ Interior Recreating the Renaissance interior: approaches and interpretation to textiles and furnishings at Stirling Castle Palace 2:00-4:00 Argyll’s Lodging: the material Argyll’s Lodging: a brief history of a townhouse culture of nobility Recreation and display at Argyll’s Lodging Compare display and interpretation at Argyll’s Lodging to Stirling Palace Monday, Royal Life and the Romantic Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 6 Vision 9:30-12:00 Falkland Palace: objects and Loch Leven: Mary, Queen of Scots and her great escape re-creation of interiors and Falkland Palace: its history and partial restoration exteriors, including focus on Indoors, outdoors: noble and royal leisure past-times during the Scottish role of third Marquess of Bute Renaissance Evoking noble pursuits and settings at Falkland Palace 3:00-5:00 Linlithgow Palace: royal Linlithgow Palace: a brief historical overview identity and the implications of Recovering Absences: Interpreting Linlithgow Palace ‘absence’ Linlithgow Palace: Royal Style and Influence in the European setting Tuesday, Historic narratives and Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 7 historic fabric 9:30-12:00 Glamis Castle: material culture Family history at Glamis: the earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne and noble identity 2:30-4:30 Scone Palace: : material A brief history of Scone Palace and the Earls of Mansfield culture and noble identity Discuss the Murray family, Earls of Mansfield, as collectors, with a focus on within cultures of collecting of 18th-century French and English decorative arts at Scone Palace An introduction to the Murray family and the collection at Scone Palace Wednesday, Bringing Back the Royal Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 8 9:30-12:00 Abbotsford: Sir Walter Scott, ‘The Borders’ region in Scotland: history, geography and identity antiquarianism and the Sir Walter Scott – the essential biography revaluation of Scottish history History and historicism: Sir Walter Scott, collecting and antiquarianism at Abbotsford ‘Smaller Gabions’: Sir Walter Scott’s collection at Abbotsford and its display 3:00-5:30 Hopetoun House: George IV: The Grand Tour and the noble image The Royal Visit of 1822 Hopetoun House: a brief history of the house and family Outline the context, process and significance of the royal visit of 1822 The royal visit of 1822 and its settings, notably Hopetoun House (DRAFT: 2/18/15) Thursday, The Baronial Vision Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 9 10:30-12:30 Balmoral Castle: Victorian The Romantic Picturesque and the Highlands: From Enlightenment to the approaches to display and Victorian era interpretation in the context of The development of tourism in Scotland in the light of the Victorian royal “Balmorality” ‘presence’ in Scotland Balmoral: a house and a love story Discuss the effects of ‘Balmoralisation’ on the consumption of Scottish cultural heritage ‘Balmorality’ and ‘authenticity’? Victoria and Albert at Balmoral Castle Discuss the role of royal patronage in ‘visualising’ the romantic Highlands Discuss the role of object display in Balmoral’s ballroom in informing the site identity and interpretation 3:15-5:00 Blair Castle: Narratives of Pitlochry: in the steps of Queen Victoria royal connections Blair Castle and the Dukes and Earls of Atholl Discuss the use of tartan in the construction of identity in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Scotland Objects and identity of the Jacobite era and its aftermath, with particular focus on Blair Castle Friday, Focus: Identity, Form and Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 10 Function 10:00-1:00 Holyrood Palace: Material Palace of Holyroodhouse: a brief history of a royal site culture and presenting royal Evoking royal presence and absence: objects and histories at the Palace of identity Holyroodhouse, with a focus on the tapestries The tapestries at the Palace of Holyroodhouse Evoking royal presence and absence: objects and histories at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, with a focus on embroidery The Oxburgh Hangings fragments Free afternoon in Edinburgh e.g. Queen’s Gallery, National Gallery of Scotland, St. Giles Cathedral 6:00 Farewell Dinner: Glasgow .
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