Pineapples: art, status and the Fitzwilliam Museum
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Have you ever wondered how a particular museum came into being? This exploration of the Fitzwilliam will start with a painting of a pineapple which both illuminates the museum’s origins and introduces the ultimate 18th-century status symbol. We will then expand to embrace pineapple imagery all over the Western hemisphere.
Portrait of a pineapple - read more about this fascinating painting on the University of Cambridge research website
Course Programme
Friday 18 May 2012
Please plan to arrive between 4:30 and 6:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 6:15. Tea and Coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.
19:15 Dinner
20:30 Introduction to the connecting link pineapples provide between ‘art, status and the Fitzwilliam Museum’ with particular reference to Netscher’s painting of 1720 Pineapple grown in Sir Matthew Decker’s garden at Richmond, Surrey.
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Saturday 19 May 2012
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Visit to the Fitzwilliam, continued.
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Background to the Northern European preoccupation with pineapple imagery.
19:15 Dinner
20:30 Does the Netscher pineapple painting really celebrate the first pineapple grown in England?
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Sunday 20 May 2012
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 The Founder's family background and Northern European preoccupation with pineapple imagery reflected in the Fitzwilliam Museum and its collection, particularly its 17th century Dutch paintings.
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Pineapples, art and status beyond the Fitzwilliam.
13:00 Lunch
The course will disperse after lunch
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Course details
Start date
18 May 2012 (19:15)
End date
20 May 2012 (13:00)
Course code
1112NRX117
Duration
1 weekend
Venue
Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Madingley Hall, Madingley
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
CB23 8AQ
Accommodation fees
Single room: £110
Double/Twin room (per person, 2 people sharing): £90
Qualifications / Credits
Non-accredited