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2006 Events and Lectures

China: The Three Emperors, 1662—1795

12 November 2005 — 17 April 2006

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Talks

An Introduction to the Exhibition
Cecilia Treves (Monday 28 November 2005)

The Three Emperor's: Universal Rule and the Auspicious Universe, the Role of Art at the Qing Court
Professor Dame Jessica Rawson (Friday 9 December 2005)

Pleasurable Duties: The Three Emperors' Patronage of the Arts
Regina Krahl (Friday 13 January)

Court and Calligraphy: The Three Emperors and the Art of Writing
Shelagh Vainker (Monday 16 January)

The Forbidden City and Other Buildings: The Qing Emperors and Architecture
Dr Frances Wood (Friday 27 January)

Imperial Tastes in Porcelain and Textile Decoration
Jacqueline Simcox (Monday 30 January)

Religious Traditions of the Forbidden City
Susan Naquin (Friday 3 February)

‘Sinicised Barbarians’: The Liao, Jin and Qing Conquest Dynasties
Hiromi Kinoshita (Monday 13 February)

The ‘Prosperous Age’: China in the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns
Evelyn S. Rawski (Friday 17 February)

Resisting with Impunity: Painted Commentaries on the Manchu Conquest
Dr Alfreda Murck (Friday 3 March)

The European Artists at the Court of the Three Emperors
Professor Michèle Pirazzoli-t’Serstevens (Monday 20 March)

Workshops and Courses

The Ancient Art of Calligraphy workshop
Qu Lei Lei (Saturdays 14 January, 11 February, 18 March, 15 April)

Chinese Decorative Arts of the Qing Dynasty
Rose Kerr, Verity Wilson, Carol Michaelson (Mondays 27 February, 6 & 13 March)

Symposia and Focus days

Imperial Identity in Qing Dynasty China
Dr Shane McCausland, Rosemary Scott, Dr Frances Wood (Saturday 25 February)

Jacob van Ruisdael: Master of Landscape

25 February — 4 June 2006

Jacob van Ruisdael, View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds, c.1670-75.
Jacob van Ruisdael, View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds, c.1670-75.

Talks

An Introduction to the Exhibition
Cecilia Treves (Monday 27 March)

Ruisdael’s Influence
Dr Andrew Wilton (Monday 10 April)

Ruisdael on Paper
Gregory Rubinstein (Friday 21 April)

Ruisdael and the Romantics
William Vaughan (Friday 28 April)

Jacob van Ruisdael: Master of Landscape
Seymour Slive (Friday 12 May)

Amsterdam in the Age of Ruisdael
Dr Jo Saxton (Monday 15 May)

Jacob van Ruisdael: Light and Space
Dr Paul Taylor (Friday 19 May)

Symposia and Focus Days

Jacob van Ruisdael and the Traditions of British Landscape
Professor John Barrell, Professor Michael Rosenthal, Dr Christiana Payne, Professor Sam Smiles (Saturday 13 May)

Summer Exhibition 2006

12 June — 20 August 2006

Art works by the Late Prof Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA in the Summer Exhibition 2006
Art works by the Late Prof Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA in the Summer Exhibition 2006 Art works by the Late Prof Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA in the Summer Exhibition 2006 Art works by the Late Prof Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA in the Summer Exhibition 2006

Talks

The School of Genius in the 20th Century
James Fenton, MaryAnne Stevens and Nick Savage (Friday 16 June)

From Life - The Sculptor's Response
Paul Atterbury (Friday 21 July)

Symposia and Focus Days

The Perception of Touch
(Friday 7 July)

Modigliani and His Models

8 July—15 October 2006

Amedeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne Sitting, 1918
Amedeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne Sitting, 1918 Private collection, Switzerland.

Talks

A Personal Universe: Modigliani’s Portrait and Figure Paintings
Simonetta Fraquelli (Mondays 10 July & 11 September)

Modigliani’s Women
Professor Jeffrey Meyers (Friday 14 July)

Modigliani’s Portraits
Professor Tamar Garb (Friday 8 September)

Modigliani’s Sculptures
Patrick Elliott (Monday 2 October)

Modigliani the Cosmopolitan
Dr Kenneth Wayne (Friday 6 October)

Workshops and Courses

Life Drawing in the RA Schools
Francis Bowyer, Annette Wickham (Saturdays 8 July & 16 September)

Rodin

23 September 2006 — 1 January 2007

Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, 1901-4
Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, 1901-4 Pentelic marble, executed by Ganier, Rigaud and Mathet. 182.2 x 121.9 x 153 cm.

Talks

An Introduction to the Exhibition
Catherine Lampert (Monday 9 October)

In Rodin’s Studio
Antoinette Le Normand-Romain (Friday 13 October)

Missing Rodin: Reflections on the Sculptor’s Relationship to 20th-century Public Space
Penelope Curtis (Friday 27 October)

Rodin and Michelangelo
Piers Burton-Page (Monday 20 November)

Rodin’s Erotic Drawings: Mythologies and Literary Connections
Dr Claudine Mitchell (Monday 27 November)

Material Evidence: Rodin, the Gates of Hell, and the Making of the Modern Sculptor
Dr David Getsy (Friday 1 December)

Rose Beuret and Auguste Rodin: Fifty Years with a Sculptor Who Became a Genius
Dr Ruth Butler (Friday 8 December)

Workshops and Courses

Rodin in Practice: Three-Part Sculpture Course
Marcia Bennett-Male (Mondays 16, 23, 30 October & 6 November)

Symposia and Tours

Rodin: Further Directions in Research
Participants include Penelope Curtis, David Getsy, Philip Ward-Jackson, Catherine Lampert, Antoinette Le-Norman Romain, Claudine Mitchell, Barbara Musetti, MaryAnne Stevens, Anna Tahinci and Marjorie Trusted. (Saturday 2 December)

USA Today

6 October — 4 November 2006

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Talks

The Contemporary Art Scene in the US and UK Compared
Soraya Rodriquez, Mark Harris, and David Thorp (Friday 20 October)

Luce Annual Lecture: Decentered - American Art in Flux
Professor Robert Storr (Monday 30 October)