Annual Architectural Studies Symposium
"Traditions--I"

Friday, 13 November, 2009
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Virginia Historical Society, 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA

The conference, directed by Professor Charles Brownell, will have four 
sessions. They will deal with the story of the "Palladian" window from 
the Ancient Near East to Richmond's Fan District; furniture classics in 
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and furniture made in Richmond; the art 
of ironwork, with special reference to VCU's nationally important 
collection of wrought and cast iron; and a "parade of white columns," 
from the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition of 1907 through more recent 
buildings inspired by Monticello.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VCU's Special Collections and 
Archives, and a dozen other cultural institutions join the Department of 
Art History in sponsoring the event.

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, and for a walking tour of Richmond wrought iron, at $10.00. 
To register, please send checks, payable to VCU Conference, to 
Conference, Department of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University, 
P.O. Box 843046, 922 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23284-3046, by 
November 6. Brochures will be available in early Fall. For a brochure or 
other information, please call 804/828-2784 or email Courtney Culbreth 
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You can download the brochure at this site:

http://www.vcu.edu/arts/arthistory/dept/news/

-- 
Ray Bonis
Special Collections and Archives
James Branch Cabell Library
VCU Libraries
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804-828-1108

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