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National Gallery of Art | Talks

Schloß Schönbrunn - The State Rooms and Imperial Apartments on the piano nobile

Audioguide: Wales Denbighshire Bodelwyddan Castle Ghost Tour

George Eastman Museum

Ollie the Octopus Bedtime Mysteries

Moira Moments

Robert Frank

Trevor Paglen

Frederick Sommer

Toni Morrison

Jacob Lawrence

Frederick Douglass

Frank Gehry

Andrea Mantegna

I. M. Pei

Draping Michelangelo

Francesco Mochi

Gianlorenzo Bernini

Edgar Degas

Piet Mondrian

Edmond J. Safra

OwlTail

Ollie and the Case of the Billiard Room Ghost

Elizabeth Dent, exhibition associate, National Gallery of Art. In 2014 the National Gallery of Art acquired a thirteenth-century French stained glass window from the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Originating in Soissons Cathedral in northern France, the window came into possession of Senator William A. Clark of Montana (1839–1925) around the turn of the century and was installed in the billiard room of his 121-room mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City, popularly referred to as “Clark’s Folly.” In this lecture, as part of the Works in Progress Lecture Series, on April 15, 2019 Elizabeth Dent discusses the iconography and history of the window, from its original devotional contexts at Soissons to its acquisition by Clark and its role within the decorative scheme of the mansion.

From the Cathedral to the Billiard Room: Tracing the History of a Medieval Stained Glass Window from the William A. Clark Collection

This room served as a waiting room for people attending an audience with Emperor Franz Joseph. Imperial audiences were held twice a week. The billiard table, which belonged to Franz Joseph’s grandfather, Emperor Franz I of Austria, was used by army officers to pass the time. On the walls you can see three large paintings. The central painting depicts the first awarding of the Order of Maria Theresa in 1758. Founded by Maria Theresa, this was the monarchy’s first order of merit and one of the highest honours bestowed by the imperial dynasty. The paintings on the left and right commemorate the centennial anniversary of the order‘s foundation. Franz Joseph held a magnificent banquet in the Great Gallery of the palace as well as a reception in the park to mark the event. 	www.schoenbrunn.at | Download Tour-Guide (PDF)© by Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H.

This room served as a waiting room for people attending an audience with Emperor Franz Joseph. Imperial audiences were held twice a week. The billiard table, which belonged to Franz Joseph’s grandfather, Emperor Franz I of Austria, was used by army officers to pass the time. On the walls you can see three large paintings. The central painting depicts the first awarding of the Order of Maria Theresa in 1758. Founded by Maria Theresa, this was the monarchy’s first order of merit and one of the highest honours bestowed by the imperial dynasty. The paintings on the left and right commemorate the centennial anniversary of the order‘s foundation. Franz Joseph held a magnificent banquet in the Great Gallery of the palace as well as a reception in the park to mark the event. 	<br/><br/><a href="http://www.schoenbrunn.at" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.schoenbrunn.at</a> | <a href="http://podcast.schoenbrunn.at/audioguide/EN/audioguide.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Tour-Guide (PDF)</a><br/>© by Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H.

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