Here's info. on the 19^th Annual Symposium on Architectural History and 
the Decorative Arts

Department of Art History, The School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth 
University


More Details and the PDF of the brochurehere 
<http://arts.vcu.edu/arthistory/2011/10/07/virginia-commonwealth-universitys-19th-annual-symposium-on-architectural-history-and-the-decorative-arts/>


Admission is free to students, $8.00 per person for members of 
sponsoring institutions, and $10.00 per person for others.  Reservations 
are necessary for a post-conference reception, at an additional charge 
of $15.00.  For additional information, please call 804/828-2784 or 
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Friday, Nov. 18, 2011

9:00 A. M. TO 3:30 P. M.

Virginia Historical Society, 428 N. Blvd., Richmond

Presentation of this Symposium was underwritten by the Center for 
Palladian Studies in America.

9:00 A. M. -- Opening Remarks, Morning Sessions.

Michael J. Schreffler, Ph. D., Chair of the Department of Art History, 
VCU: "Welcome."

Session I: The Doric Order, from the Mediterranean World to Richmond's 
Fan District.

Chair: Calder Loth, Senior Architectural Historian, Virginia Department 
of Historic Resources;

Member, Board of Directors, Center for Palladian Studies in America.

"Doric Choices: Palladio and His Contemporaries."

Charles Brownell, Ph. D., Professor of Art History, VCU; Member, Board 
of Directors, Center for Palladian Studies in America.

"A-B-C-Doric: An Architectural Alphabet from Richmond's Fan District."

R. Tyler King, Bachelor's Student, VCU; freelance writer and graphic 
designer.

Session II: Forgotten Mansions.

Chair: Catherine Roach, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Art History, VCU.

'A Lost Philadelphia Palace of 1786: The William and Anne Bingham House."

Cynthia Kaye Fischer, Doctoral Student, VCU; Adjunct Instructor in Art 
History, VCU;

Adjunct Instructor in Art History, Northern Virginia Community College.

"VCU's Ritter-Hickok House: Colonial Survival, the Italianate, and 
Colonial Revival."

Meredith L. Hertel, Master's Student, VCU.

12:15 P. M. -- LUNCH BREAK.

1:25 P. M. - Afternoon Sessions.

Session III: Aesthetic Interlude --Artful Terra Cotta.

Chair: Janna Israel, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Art History, VCU.

"Tales Tiles Tell: Richmond, 1880-1910."

Jerri Davis, Special Student, VCU.

"Louis Henri Sullivan: Monumental Classicism, the Aesthetic Movement, 
and the Skyscraper."

Colleen Truax Yarger, Doctoral Student and Adjunct Instructor in Art 
History, VCU.

Session IV: Classics in the Fan: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 
Fan District Association.

Chair: Betsy Coflield, President of the Fan District Association.

"1893: Richmond's First Colonial Revival Houses."

Anna Fujimoto, Special Student, VCU; Project Manager, HC Yu and Associates.

"St. James's Episcopal Church (1911-1913): Putting William Noland in 
Perspective."

John Hebble, Master's Student and Thalhimer Research Assistant, VCU.

Closing Remarks - Dr. Brownell.

4:15-6:30 - Reception for registered participants at the 
Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House, Fifth and Main Streets (2 North Fifth 
Street), by courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey R. Bowles Ill.

-- 
Ray Bonis
Archives Coordinator
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James Branch Cabell Library
VCU Libraries
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Richmond, VA 23284-2033
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