Einladung zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache
Wednesday, 6th September 2017 at 7 pm
RüKONTOR (5. Etage), Rüttenscheider Str. 144, 45131 Essen
William Shakespeare lived in London during the decades before and after the turn of the 17th century, a ‘golden age’ for the city. While London had become overcrowded, increasingly squalid and plague-ridden, it was also the epicentre of wealth, opportunity and fashion. Courtiers and aristocrats, aware of the benefits of royal patronage and the amusements of the metropolis, acquired grand mansions, which they complemented with fine gardens and orchards. Although very little survives, we can create a vivid picture of the ‘flower of Cities all’ by analysing the earliest maps of the city, portraiture, decorative arts and costume, architecture and finally the larger urban landscape.
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Paula Henderson is a lecturer and writer on British architecture and garden history. She has degrees in art history (University of Wisconsin, B.A.; University of Chicago, M.A.) and a Ph.D. in architectural history from the Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London). She has studied the decorative arts (The Study Centre for the History of the Fine and Decorative Arts, London) and is fluent in Italian, having obtained medio and superior diplomas from L’Universita per Stranieri, Perugia.
Her first book, The Tudor House and Garden: architecture and landscape in the 16th and early 17th centuries (published by Yale University Press), won the prestigious Berger Prize for the outstanding contribution to the history of British art for 2005. Since then she has published numerous books and essays on the history and design of gardens. She is also a frequent reviewer of books.
Paula has appeared on (and advised) several BBC television programmes on historic gardens. She regularly organizes courses and study trips for the Courtauld Institute of Art and will do private visits on request. She has also lectured for many major London museums and academic institutions in Britain and the United States.
With Dr Claire Gapper, Paula organizes the most important annual conference on 16th -and 17th- century British architecture, held each January at the Society of Antiquaries in London.
Work in progress includes books on Shakespeare’s London; on hunting lodges; and Landscape as Art.
Paula is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Research Fellow of the Nantucket Historical Association.
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der
Sparkasse Essen
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Unser Vortragsraum befindet sich in der 5. Etage des RüKONTOR (Aufzug vorhanden), Rüttenscheider Str. 144/Eingang Gregorstraße, gegenüber dem Girardet Haus. Parkmöglichkeiten auf den anliegenden Strassen, auf den Parkplätzen des Girardethauses und am Ende der Gregorstraße vorhanden. U-Bahn Verbindung von Essen- Hbf: Linien U11, U101 und U107, Station Martinstraße (3 Minuten Fußweg). Busse von der Haltestelle Girardet Haus (Linie 142) und von der Haltestelle Martinstraße (Linien 142, 160 und 161).