National Trust Arts, Buildings & Collections Bulletin, Autumn 2021
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ABC_Autumn_2021.pdf
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Resource type
Newsletter
Date published
2021
Abstract
The Arts, Buildings & Collections (ABC) Bulletin was published between 2006 and 2022, aimed at external readers with an interest in conservation and curatorial work. ABC was distributed in PDF format as an email attachment to direct subscribers, relevant National Trust staff and volunteers, and was available to download from the Trust website. Each issue was around 35 pages, colour-illustrated, with around five scholarly articles and three shorter features covering NT exhibitions and events, new publications, conservation news, acquisitions, loans, etc.
Publication continued until 2022, when the Bulletin was replaced by the Cultural Heritage Magazine.
This, autumn 2021, issue of Arts, Buildings and Collections Bulletin ranges thematically from ancient Athenian inscriptions to the latest 3D-scanning techniques, and geographically from West Bengal to Jamaica. Along the way, it suggests some striking connections, too. Two very different paintings, discussed by Rupert Goulding and Matthew Constantine, provide revealing entry points into Britain’s colonial history, reminding us perhaps of how differently modern and contemporary viewers will ‘read’ these images and unpick the narratives they convey. In another example of the shifting sands in which historic collections exist, we learn how the extraordinary work of master-carver Grinling Gibbons has passed in and out of fashion, his unrivalled skill happily celebrated again today as the Trust and others mark the tercentenary of his death. The changing roles and tastes of the collector are also to the fore, not least in the remarkable figure of botanist, geologist and ceramicist George Maw. We hope you enjoy reading this issue and making illuminating connections of your own.
Creator (organisation)
National Trust
Editor
Boulting, David
Publisher
National Trust
Place of publication
Swindon, UK
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