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Enfilade
http://enfilade18thc.wordpress.com/
A serial newsletter for the Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art & Architecture, Enfilade reports on exhibitions, conferences, books, and articles.
- Added on: Sep 18th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Speaking of Blake and the Morgan
As posted on C18-L: William Blake, "The Ancient of Days," 1794 (London: BM); Wikimedia Commons The William Blake Archive is pleased to announce the publication of the electronic edition of Europe a Prophecy copy G, from the Morgan Library a...
Blake at the Morgan
From the Morgan website: William Blake’s World: “A New Heaven Is Begun” Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 11 September 2009 — 3 January 2010 William Blake, “Behemoth and Leviathan,” ca. 1805–10 (NY: Morgan) Vision...
At the Watteau Show with a Dance Critic
In today’s New York Times, Alastair Macaulay considers Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary La Danse alongside the Watteau exhibition now at the Met: Nicolas Lancret, "La Camargo Dancing” ca. 1730 (DC: National Gallery) . . . Many o...
Surveying Decadence
Exhibitions that trace broad themes back to the eighteenth century can be both instructive and delightful. I’m thinking, for instance, of the show, Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008. I have my doubts that the following exhibition on Decad...
Dutch Maps of Russia
From the website of the Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, a house museum built in the 1680s that boasts some remarkable eighteenth-century interiors: Dutch Cartography of Russia, 16th-18th Centuries / Nederlandse Kaarten van Rusland, 16e-18e eeuw Museum Geelv...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Two eighteenth-century offerings to celebrate the U.S. holiday: Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton (?), "Wild Turkey," ca. 1725-1750 (Chicago: Smart Museum of Art) 1) By clicking here, you can listen to a fascinating lecture (recorded 23 March 2...
