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Victoria & Albert Museum British Neoclassicism. “Medallion of Sir William Hamilton,” by Joachim Smith for Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (ca. 1792). “Black basalt vase,” by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (ca. 1785). “Chimneypiece,” by Sir William Chambers (1770-1775).
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“Medallion of Sir William Hamilton,” by Joachim Smith for Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (ca. 1792)
“The Discovery of Achilles” probably by CamiloPacettifor Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (ca. 1788)
“Side Table,” probably by John Yenn and Giovanni Cipriani(ca. 1780)
“Decorative painting for the Breakfast room at Kedleston Hall,” by AgostinoBrunias for Robert Adam (1759-1760)
“A Nymph Drawing Her Bow on a Youth,” by Angelica Kauffman (ca. 1780)
Presentations: Friday, November 5th • length: 10 minutes • descriptive • include a discussion of any imagery associated with the object • technical • techniques, especially innovative ones, employed in the creation of the object • biographical • on the artist and/or designer and his/her role in Neoclassical British art • analytical • how does this object reflect the reception of ancient Greece or Rome in Britain? Papers: Monday, November 8th
Presentations and papers: required use of secondary sources • V&A webpage • minimum of one journal article and one book(at least one published after 1980) • no Wikipedia • libraries • IES • Senate House Library • British Library, St. Pancras • databases • Skidmore’s Scribner Library • JSTOR • WorldCat • Subject-specific • Google Scholar
Victoria & Albert MuseumSearching the collections “Medallion of Sir William Hamilton,”by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons http://collections.vam.ac.uk/
Using databases to supplement your research: Senate House Library: www.ull.ac.uk/ Using search terms efficiently: • Wedgwood • Wedgwood AND portrait medallion
Using databases to supplement your research: British Library: www.bl.uk Using search terms efficiently: • Wedgwood • Wedgwood AND portland
Using databases to supplement your research: British Library: www.bl.uk Using the British Library: “For higher education”
Using databases to supplement your research: Skidmore Library: www.skidmore.edu/library DatabasesJSTORWorldCatSubject-specific: Subjects – Art & Art History Google Scholar: scholar.google.com
Citations: Footnotes • Punctuation of the reference to the note This is an example of a footnote.1 “This is an example of a footnote,”2 “This is an example of a footnote.”3 • Punctuation of the note 1Footnotes must be complete sentences. 2Footnotes always end with a period. 3Footnotes can contain more information than just a citation; for example, they can include information that expands further on the topic but does not fit the flow of the prose of the paper.
Citations: Works Cited • Format for a website Surname, F.I. “Title,” Source. URL, accessed 20.10.10. • Format for a book Surname, F.I. Title. City: Publisher, Year. • Format for a journal article Surname, F.I. “Title,” Journal Name 12 (Year), 25-50.
Footnotes and Works Cited: Websites • Footnote 1J. Wedgwood and Sons, “Portland Vase (ca. 1790),” V&A Museum, British Galleries, room 118e, case 3: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O8066/vase-portland-vase/, accessed 20.10.10. • Works Cited Wedgwood, J., and Sons. “Portland Vase (ca. 1790).” V&A Museum, British Galleries, Room 118e, case 3. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O8066/vase-portland-vase/, accessed 20.10.10.
Footnotes and Works Cited: Books • Footnote 1R. Reilly and G. Savage 1973, 44-45. • Works Cited Reilly, R., and Savage, G. Wedgwood, The Portrait Medallions. London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1973.
Footnotes and Works Cited: Journal articles • Footnote 1M. Keynes 1998, 240. • Works Cited Keynes, M. “The Portland Vase: Sir William Hamilton, Josiah Wedgwood and the Darwins.” Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 52.2 (1998), 237-259.