International Art Treasures Web Magazine

October 2004  

 

Salem, Massachusetts

Granville Island, BC

Salem, Massachusetts

Treasures From Chatsworth
A British Noble House
Peabody Essex Museum
through November 7, 2004

The Grand Canal from the Piazetta, Venice by Canaletto
Title: The Grand Canal from the Piazzetta, Venice, ca 1729
Artist: Giovanni Antonio Canal called Canaletto (Italy 1697-1768)
Image Courtesy: The Duke of Devonshire and
Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement.

Chatsworth has been home to the Earls and Dukes of Devonshire since the 1500s. The collection spans over 500 years and includes magnificent jewelry, Renaissance art and so much more. Featured artists include Canaletto, considered the finest view painter of the 18th Century.

Idealized portrait of Girolamo Casio by Giovannie Antonio Boltraffio
Title: Idealized Portrait of Girolamo Casio
Artist: Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio  (Italy 1466/7-1516)
Image Courtesy: The Duke of Devonshire and Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement.		 Not only does the collection span time but also the individual pursuits of the various family members. For example the manuscript and book collection grew under the tutelage of the 5th Duke and his wife Georgiana.

 

The 8th Duke and his family had a passion to collect mementos from the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria and sporting events, such as the Ascot Gold Cup, taking the collection down another path.

What is a Dukedom without jewelry and this collection includes some fine pieces.

In 18th and 19th Century England one of the favored styles was to wear a stomacher, which was usually in a triangle shape, worn on the bodice and usually extended below the lady's waist. The featured Stomacher is part of a parure.

Gold Stomacher by C. F. Hancock
Title: Gold Stomacher, 1856
Artist: C. F. Hancock, England
Part of the Devonshire Parure
Image Courtesy: The Duke of Devonshire and Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement.

The exhibit provides a fascinating opportunity to discover the different styles of art collection of one family since medieval times to present day. Fascinating and fabulous!

Peabody Essex Museum at www.pem.org

Granville Island, British Columbia

17th Annual Vancouver International Writer's Festival
October 19 through October 24, 2004

Granville Island & False Creek
Title: Granville Island and False Creek
Photo Courtesy: Tourism BC

Vancouver International Writer's Festival
Title: Festival Poster 2004
Image Courtesy: The Vancouver Writer's Festival		 Gorgeous Granville Island, one of the jewel's in Vancouver's aesthetic landscape, is the setting for the International Writer's Festival. Among the featured authors are Andrea Levy, who won the 2004 Orange prize for Small Island, Colm Tolbin, who is widely suspected to be on the Booker Prize short list and Isabel Huggan, winner of the Charles H. Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.

 

Tourism BC at www.hellobc.com

Vancouver Writer's Festival at www.writersfest.bc.ca

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