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An Explosion of Beauty: The Art, Architecture, and Collections of British Country Houses, Part II

Seminar
Online
February 7, 14, 21, 2023
Tuesdays in February, 4-5:30 p.m. ET
Curt DiCamillo
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In this three-session online course, Curator of Special Collections and celebrated architectural historian Curt DiCamillo, FRSA will guide you through several stately English country homes, their interiors, and their world-class art collections. This seminar will span nearly two and a half centuries worth of British decorative arts and style, discussing Palladian, Rococo, Chinoiserie, Neoclassical, Medieval Revival, Chinese and Indian, and more.

This course includes three 90-minutes classes, access to the slides, and a bibliography. You do not need to attend the live sessions to participate in the course. Each class will be recorded and made available to participants until the end of May 2023.

Curt DiCamillo
Decorative Arts
Historic Houses
England
Curt DiCamillo, who joined American Ancestors/NEHGS in February of 2016 as the organization’s first Curator of Special Collections, is an internationally recognized authority on British historic houses and the decorative arts.