when: 19 May 2022 | venue: The Johnston Collection | cost: $18 to $20 | address: 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne 3002
published: 13 May 2022, 5 min read
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This lecture looks at images of white cockatoos in religious artworks, portraits, and still lifes, exploring how their symbolic meaning shifted from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
Heather Dalton is a historian and Honorary Fellow in the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, primarily focusing on maritime trading networks (1450-1650). Her research and publications on Australasian cockatoos in medieval and Renaissance European artworks were discussed in an article by Rebecca Mead in The New Yorker in June 2021.
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This lecture looks at images of white cockatoos in religious artworks, portraits, and still lifes, exploring how their symbolic meaning shifted from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
Heather Dalton is a historian and Honorary Fellow in the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, primarily focusing on maritime trading networks (1450-1650). Her research and publications on Australasian cockatoos in medieval and Renaissance European artworks were discussed in an article by Rebecca Mead in The New Yorker in June 2021.
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Go see Exotica, Sanctity Symbols and Sound Allegories Heather Dalton 2022.
Exotica, Sanctity Symbols and Sound Allegories Heather Dalton 2022 is on 19 May 2022. The opening hours are: 10:00am - 11:30am. Conveniently located in East Melbourne. Call 03 9416 2515 for details.
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