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(DRAFT: 2/18/15)

Treasure Houses of : 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 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 : 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 : encoding : a brief historical overview identity and presentation of  Forming a National Identity: The 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)

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Friday, Ostentation, Display and Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 3 Re-creation 9:30-12:30 Castle: the material Stirling: the key to the kingdom culture of royalty : a brief historical overview  Stirling Castle Palace: ostentation, display and recreation via the Stirling Heads  Recreating the 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 : 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 Palace: royal : 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 : : 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 , ‘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

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Thursday, The Baronial Vision Related Site Introductions, Papers, Presentations July 9 10:30-12:30 : 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 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 royal connections Blair Castle and the Dukes and Earls of Atholl  Discuss the use of 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 : 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