Smith, Joan

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‘The Analysis of Beauty: Art, Anatomy and the Cast’ paper presented by Joan Smith at the Cast Collection Conference Edinburgh College of Art September 2011. Paper to be published 2012 http://www.eca.ac.uk/cms_assets/News/Conference_schedule%2010.pdf<br/

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     Edinburgh Research Explorer                                      The Analysis of Beauty: Art, Anatomy and the CastCitation for published version:Smith, J 2011, 'The Analysis of Beauty: Art, Anatomy and the Cast'. in Cast Collection Conference :Edinburgh College of Art. ECA, Edinburgh, Cast Collection Conference 2011, Edinburgh, United Kingdom,9-11 September.Link:Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research ExplorerDocument Version:Other versionPublished In:Cast Collection ConferenceGeneral rightsCopyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s)and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise andabide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.Take down policyThe University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorercontent complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright pleasecontact openaccess@ed.ac.uk providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately andinvestigate your claim.Download date: 20. Feb. 20151 Edinburgh Cast Collection   Cast Collection Conference 2011 Edinburgh College of Art 9-11 September 2011  CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN: Lord Bruce  FRIDAY EVENING Reception (courtesy of Classics, University of Edinburgh)  6pm to 8pm Welcome to Edinburgh by Councillor Deidre Brock, City of Edinburgh Council.  Short introduction to conference themes and ECA Cast Collection by Lord Bruce and Cast Collection staff   2 Edinburgh Cast Collection SATURDAY at ECA   HUNTER LECTURE THEATRE  SESSION 1   Collections Survey  Chair: Helen Smailes, National Galleries of Scotland 9.30 Margaret Stewart, University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh College of Art Cast Collection 9.50 Marjorie Trusted, Victoria and Albert Museum: Reproduction as Spectacle, Education and Inspiration. The Cast Courts at the Victoria and Albert Museum 10.10 Dr. Emmanuel Schwartz, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris: Casts after Michelangelo and their Impact on French Taste 10.30 Helen Valentine, Royal Academy of Arts: The History of the Royal Academy Collection and the Pedagogic use of the Casts 10.50 COFFEE SESSION 1, continued   Collections Survey  Chair: Dr. Viccy Coltman, University of Edinburgh 11.10 Dr. Eckart Marchand, University of London: Plaster Cast Collections: genesis status and strategies 11.30 Dr. Jan Zahle, Thorvaldsen’s Museum, Copenhagen: Albacini in Context. Plaster Cast Collections of Artists and Academies in Rome c. 1800-1840 11.50 Dr. Ian Jenkins, British Museum: Discobolus in a Legacy Mantle 12.10 Discussion 12.30 LUNCH SESSION 3  Edinburgh Architecture and Cityscape  Chair: Margaret Stewart, University of Edinburgh 1.30 Prof. Charles McKean, University of Dundee: From Bordello to Shrine... the Rebranding of Calton Hill (and Edinburgh) 1.50 Kirsten McKee, University of Edinburgh: The Monument, the Image and the Zeitgeist 2.10 Ian Gow, National Trust for Scotland: Architectural Sculpture in Later New Town Houses 2.30 John Lowrey, University of Edinburgh 2.50 Discussion 3.10 TEA SESSION 5  Legacies, Uses, Perceptions  Chair: Chris Dorsett, Northumbria University 3.30 Prof. Stephen Bann, University of Bristol: Casts after Photography 3.50 Dr. Kate Nichols, University of York: Plaster Casts and Authenticity at the Crystal Palace 4.10 Dr. Glenys Davies, University of Edinburgh: Heads without bodies 4.30 Dr. Helen Rufus-Ward, University of Sussex: Casts of Thousands: The Rise and Fall of the Fictile Ivory 4.50 Prof. Robert Crawford, University of St. Andrews and Norman McBeath, Photographer: Body Bags/Simonides  5.10  Discussion (20 mins)   MAIN BOARD ROOM  SESSION 2   Heritage Conservation – Round Table  Chair: Dr. Dorothy Bell, University of Edinburgh 10.00 Dr. Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica, University of Edinburgh: Dualism and Conservation 10.10 Graciela Ainsworth, Conservator: The Conservation of Plaster Casts in an Educational Environment 10.20 Thorsten Hanke, Architect: What Objects Tell: Unwritten History and Conservation 10.30 Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, Architect: When Playfair Met Adam: Ornament and Conservation at the Old College between the Age of the Enlightment and the Greek Revival 10.40 Dr. Dimitris Theodossopoulos, University of Edinburgh: Structure and Conservation of Neoclassical Stonework in Edinburgh 10.50 COFFEE SESSION 2, continued   Heritage Conservation – Round Table  Chair: Dr. Dorothy Bell, University of Edinburgh 11.10 Discussion 12.30 LUNCH MAIN LECTURE THEATRE  SESSION 4  Devising and Designing for Athens and Edinburgh  Chair: Bill Hare, University of Edinburgh 1.30 Dawn McDowell, Historic Scotland: Designing Edinburgh College of Art in 1909-13 for the Cast Collection 1.50 Mark Cousins, Architect: Designing for the Edinburgh Cast Collection 2.10 Chris Dorsett, Northumbria University: Contemporaries: Sculptural Presence and Plaster Casts in Art Schools 2.30 Prof. Wolfgang Sonne, Technische Universität Dortmund: Designing Modern Athens 2.50 Discussion 3.10 TEA SESSION 6  Art Education  Chair: Joan Smith, University of Edinburgh 3.30 Joan Smith, University of Edinburgh: The Analysis of Beauty: Art, Anatomy and the Cast 3.50 Ann Compton, Victoria and Albert Museum: The Italian Factor: Education, Nationalism and Marketplace Rivalries in the Decorative Plaster Trade c.1890-1920 4.10 Dr. George Rawson, Independent Scholar: Charles Heath Wilson (1809-1882) and the Revival of British Decorative Art 4.30 Dr. Joanna Soden, Royal Scottish Academy: tbc 4.50 Prof. Gareth Fisher, University of Dundee: The Liquidity of Plaster in the 21st Century. 5.10 Discussion (20 mins)    3 Edinburgh Cast Collection SUNDAY EVENTS  ECA  9.30-10.30  Bronze casting by John Farrugia, Lecturer, ECA  tbc. Meet in ECA main entrance   10.30 - 11am ECA Cast Collection tour with Margaret Stewart   National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound  11.30-12.30 Neoclassical art and a architecture, National Gallery of Scotland, Margaret Stewart. Meet in ECA main entrance.  Calton Hill  Walking tours - times to be confirmed. Meet at National Monument  NGS restaurant, Weston Link   From 12.30  Lunch and farewell     THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND at ECA  Cast Collection on display  ‘Deeds of a Cast’ conservation exhibition with the film ‘Conserving the Edinburgh College of Art Cast Collection’  Body Bags/Simonides, Curators:  Robert Crawford and Norman McBeath 

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