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  • Tuesday, August 13, 4:00 pm – A Picturesque Paradise: Kingscote and Early 19th Century Landscape Design in Newport

    In the mid-19th century, landscape design emerged as a professional field in America, promoted by tastemakers such as Andrew Jackson Downing and drawing upon European precedents of the previous century. These trends coincided with early estate development on Newport’s famed Bellevue Avenue and were particularly reflected in the landscape design of one of its first cottages, Kingscote. Join The Preservation Society of Newport County for the Jacalyn and William P. Egan Lecture on August 13 at 4 pm at Rosecliff, followed by a 5 pm reception. Jenn Robinson, Research Fellow, will be the lecturer, and the event is $5 for Preservation Society members, $10 for the general public. Reserve by phone at 401-847-1000, ext. 178.

    Kingscote circa 1840

  • Sunday, April 27 – Wednesday, April 30 – The 22nd Annual Newport Symposium: East Meets West, Centuries of Exchange

    Join The Preservation Society of Newport County to celebrate the centennial of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont’s Chinese Tea House at Marble House through an exploration of the complex and varied responses to the Far East “ real and imagined “ in the visual arts of Western Europe and The United States. On Sunday, April 27 – Wednesday, April 30, leading scholars will discuss the exchange of objects and the myriad interpretations of Chinoiserie through the lens of European and American architecture, furniture, painting, ceramics, textiles, gardens and collections from the 18th through the 20th centuries.

    Newport has been a nationally significant repository for treasures from the Far East from its Golden Age in the eighteenth century to the Gilded Age. Boasting examples ranging from the rich collections of China trade objects at Hunter House (c. 1748), Kingscote (1841), and Chateau-sur-Mer (1852) to the incorporation of 18th century Chinese lacquer panels into the decoration of The Elms (1902), the Preservation Society’s properties provide a uniquely focused lens through which participants will see the interplay of Eastern and Western design influences on American design and decorative arts. Featured speakers include:

    Sir Hugh Roberts
    Former Director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of the Queen’s Works of Art
    United Kingdom

    Joan de Jean
    Trustee Professor of French, University of Pennsylvania

    Lee Glazer
    Curator of American Art, Freer-Sackler Galleries (Smithsonian)
    Washington, D.C.

    Carolyn Sargentson
    Senior Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum
    London

    Judy Bullington
    Chair, Art Department, Belmont University
    Nashville, TN

    Ronald Fuchs
    Curator, Reeves Collection, Washington & Lee University
    Lexington, VA

    Laurie Brewer
    Assistant Curator of Costume and Designs, Rhode Island School of Design
    Providence, RI

    Maggie Lidz
    Estate Historian, Winterthur Museum, Delaware

    Noel Fahden Briceno
    Category Manager, Vintage and Antiques, One King’s Lane

    Admission is $500 for Preservation Society Members, $550 for nonmembers, which includes a one-year membership. Register now at http://www.newportmansions.org/events/newport-symposium or call 401-847-1000, ext. 154. There are special room rates at the Hotel Viking: log on to www.hotelviking.com, click on Reserve, click on Enter Group/Negotiated Code under the calendar, which will take you to the online booking portal, then enter online booking code 1JU603 under Special Codes.

  • Wednesdays, June 16 – July 21, 10:00 am – Great Newport Landscapes, 1840 – 1940

    The Preservation Society of Newport County and Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education present a six-week landscape course, led by John R. Tschirch, Architectural Historian of the Preservation Society, beginning June 16 through July 21.  Each session will begin at 10:00 am at 424 Bellevue Avenue in Newport.

    This course will examine the landmark landscapes of Newport, created during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the city was one of the most fashionable summer resorts in the nation. Known as the “Eden of America,” Newport and its environs have a rich garden design and horticultural heritage. Lectures and site visits will consider Newport landscapes by leading figures in American design and planning, horticulture, the history of plant and tree collection and propagation, species identification, garden architecture and sculpture, preservation practices, and stylistic elements of Victorian and Gilded Age period landscapes.

    June 16: The Picturesque 19th Century Landscape in Newport
    June 23: Kingscote: A Victorian Landscape in Newport
    June 30: Frederick Law Olmsted and Sons: Masters of American Landscape Architecture
    July 7: The Breakers Cutting Garden: Caring for the Gilded Age Landscape
    July 14: The Elms: A Classical Revival Garden
    July 21: Green Animals: An American Original

    Admission for each lecture: Preservation Society members $10, general admission $15.  Advance registration is required.  You may register on-line at www.newportmansions.org, or call 401-847-1000, ext. 154.  If you wish to register for the entire lecture series as part of a RISD Continuing Education course, please contact RISD at 401-454-6209.

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