In our final segment on enjoying and valuing, participants share some personal art-related memories.
M&G at BOB JONES UNIVERSITY; 1700 Wade Hampton Blvd - Greenville, SC 29614
In our final segment on enjoying and valuing, participants share some personal art-related memories.
Museum exhibitions are a wonderful way to explore the context of the art and artifacts of an era. In 2015 the Museum & Gallery showcased a variety of Victorian paintings and objects in Charles Dickens: The Continuing Victorian Narrative. Over the next several segments M&G Director Erin Jones will provide a virtual “tour” of that exhibition’s vignettes. We’ll also highlight several of the era’s influential (and colorful!) personalities connected to these vignettes.
In this segment, Conan Doyle and Henry Irving share their thoughts on a variety of topics, including what it means to be a “Victorian gentleman,” the perils of creating a wildly popular character, and the process for making such characters “come alive” on stage.
In this segment Director Erin Jones shares some of the cultural milieu of the Victorian woman.
In this segment writer Caroline Norton and philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts share reforms they inspired on behalf of Victorian women.
Florence Nightingale’s understanding of Joseph Lister’s germ theory, along with her tireless work at Scutari during the Crimean War, would bring the nursing profession into the modern era.
Darwin’s evolutionary theories were not only controversial in the Victorian era—they still are.
Dawn Evers Corley says, “Owning a piece of antique silver is like owning a moment in time.” Watch the video to learn about one such “moment.”
In our next few segments we’ll explore how Dickens’ imaginative creations helped alter the Victorian landscape, beginning with Oliver Twist and Britain’s poor laws.
In this segment Erin Jones highlights some of Charles Dickens’ most inspiring characters.
M&G at BOB JONES UNIVERSITY; 1700 Wade Hampton Blvd - Greenville, SC 29614