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Crossroads: Italy and Ireland and the Grand Tour

Crossroads: Italy and Ireland and the Grand Tour was a themed workshop planned for the MA in Art History, Collections and Curating students with participation from UCD School of Art History colleagues and invited speakers. The MA students were involved in discussion within the structure of a workshop format with seminar discussion taking place after each talk.
Invited speakers: Dr Felix Martin (RWTH Aachen University); Dr Desmond Kraege (University of Lausanne); Dr Andrew Tierney (IRC Advanced Laureate Project Fellow, CRAFTVALUE, TCD); and Dr Ciarán Rua O’Neill (ERC Classical Influences and Irish Culture project, Aarhus University).
Site Visits: The workshop concluded with a visit to Belfield House to view and discuss John Hogan’s Hibernia with the Bust of Lord Cloncurry (1844), followed by a visit to The Casino at Marino with the OPW.

 Poster for The Grand Tour Workshop 

Schedule: 12 March, 2024, Rosemarie Mulcahy Seminar Room, J004

9.30  Dr Felix Martin (RWTH Aachen University): Campania Felix Hibernensis. Lord Charlemont, Italy and the Casino at Marino
10.15 Dr Desmond Kraege (University of Lausanne): Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol (1730-1803), and Neapolitan Volcanology (Via Zoom)
11.00 Coffee break
11.15  Dr Andrew Tierney (TCD): Lyons House
12:00 Dr Ciarán Rua O’Neill (Aarhus University): John Hogan and International Sculptors in Rome, 1824-49
13:00 Visit the Hogan Sculpture, Belfield House
14.30 Visit to The Casino at Marino

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