“What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?”: The Window as Protagonist in British Architecture and Visual Culture
21st November: 2-5pm, Paul Mellon Centre, 16 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA
22nd November: 9am - 6pm, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB
This conference will explore the multifaceted, multi-purpose nature of the window as protagonist, with an emphasis on its place in British architecture and visual culture, broadly conceived. A range of interdisciplinary papers presented by international scholars will provide a platform for dynamic and engaging discourse that forefronts the cultural and social significance of the window in its many guises as object, as boundary, as frame and as mediator.
This conference has been co-convened by Rebecca Tropp (archivist, Crosby Moran Hall and former Research and Events Convener at the Paul Mellon Centre).
ATTENDANCE FREE WITH ADVANCE BOOKING
image: Eric Ravilious, Beachy Head Lighthouse (Belle Tout), 1939, pencil and watercolour on paper. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images / Bridgeman Images
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