West Meets East: Asian Art & Design in Europe and the Americas
Event Details
The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum is often referred to as the Premier Lecture Series in America. The 2015 Forum will explore the influences that Asian art and design have had on fine and decorative arts in Europe and the Americas.
Lecture topics for the 2015 Forum include the treasures of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England; the Chinese influence in western ceramics, interior design, and architecture; oriental carpets and rugs highly valued throughout the world; 19th-century American artists and the Holy Land; the influence of the trade route from Mexico to the Philippines; and the restoration of St. Giles House, ancestral home of Lord Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury and one of Charleston's founding "Lords Proprietors".
The Keynote speaker will be David Beevers, Keeper of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton England. Other speakers are from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Winterthur Museum and Country Estate; Smith College; Sotheby's; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Flather & Perkins Fine Art Insurers; and St. Giles House, England.
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