Collectors and curiosities - at the V&A

City Lit

Course

In London

£ 39 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

In this one-day course we will be discussing the role of ‘cabinets for curiosities’ in the history and development of museums, and examples of the sorts of ‘curiosity’ that were collected in the renaissance, the 16th and 17th centuries. We look at three great collections of that have been given to the V&A since its foundation and take a look at the museum’s collecting strategy for contemporary objects.

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Location

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

- List the categories of objects that an early collector would expect to put in their cabinet of curiosities
- Describe the metalwork techniques need to make silver goblets and other curiosities
- Discuss changes in the display and collection of paintings from the early 19th to late 19th century.

You might wish to bring a notebook. You might wish to buy some of the books on any reading list given out in class.
Gallery entry is free. There will be a break for lunch in the V&A restaurant – lunch is not included.

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Course programme

• Cabinets of Curiosities and their role in the creation of the modern museum
• Categorising and classifying objects in museums – how early museums still impact the way collections are displayed
• The Sheepshanks and Ionides collections of paintings
• The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection
• Some of the stranger objects in the V&A….

The course will be taught offsite with guided gallery visits, group discussion and short group activities. Handouts will be provided by your tutor to support your learning on the course. Please note we are unable to guarantee stools in the rooms that we visit so you might have to stand and to walk between objects.

Additional information

You might also be interested in: • VB610 - Medieval to Renaissance - at the V&A • VB629 - From the Grand Tour to the Great Exhibition - at the V&A. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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Collectors and curiosities - at the V&A

£ 39 VAT inc.