Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Circa – English Baroque
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra with Circa the contemporary circus will showcase movement, theatre and music in May at Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane
Charles II
Royal Collection Trust: The Stuarts – Art, Power & Splendour
Celebrating the role of art in court culture in the reign of the Stuart Kings, two exhibitions in London, Charles I: King and Collector, Charles II: Art & Power
Brisbane Baroque – Dido and Aeneas, Purcell’s Masterpiece
Dido and Aeneas, English composer Henry Purcell’s finest masterwork will be presented under the rotunda in Brisbane City Hall at Brisbane Baroque Festival, 2015
Costume & Style – Fashion Reflects Culture and Growth Pt 2
The Cavalier, dashingly dressed, gained the confidence to make his mark upon the world. By the turn of the 18th century a change in social customs defined style
Costume & Style – Fashion Reflects Culture and Growth Pt 1
Costume, with the influence of fashion, fulfills many of our aesthetic dreams and is a worthy medium for creative expression reflecting a culture and its social growth.
Love Jewellery – Restoration to Revolution Pt 2
Charles II on his Restoration to the English throne gave himself up completely to luxury adorning himself with sumptuous textiles and jewels
English Nature – Parley’s, Parks & Promenades, Rus in Urbe!
King Charles II made promenading in the park fashionable and within a decade English parks were places for perfect parleys, parades and promenades – Rus in urbe
Glass a Magic Material – Pt 3 Restoration & Ravenscroft
George Ravenscroft made the first English ‘glass of lead’ now known as crystal and from then on it would never lose its appeal especially as a chandelier.
Glass a Magic Material – Pt 2 Venice, Verzelini & Vauxhall
Venetian maker Jacopo Verzelini was bought to England by Huguenot Jean Carré to improve the quality of glass being produced at his London workshop.
Building Great Châteaux in the Loire – The Garden of France
During the greater part of the sixteenth century many Châteaux were built in the Loire valley in France’s countryside, famed for its fertility and mild climate
In Fine Style – Art of Tudor & Stuart Court Fashion on Show
In Fine Style at the Queen’s Gallery explores the costume worn by British monarchs during the 16th and 17th centuries through portraits in the Royal Collection
Henry Purcell, Chaconne: Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman
Composed just three years before his death aged 35 the delicate dance of the Chinese Man and Chinese Woman reveals the lilting grace of Henry Purcell’s music
King Charles II – Restored to Rule Britannia Gloriously
King Charles II (1630 – 1685) successfully revived local tradesmen’s skills and together he and his noble peers became arbiters and rulers of taste and style