Join The Arts Society Brighton & Hove and Lecturer Rachel Church for "Flowers, Hearts and Gems : The Secret Language and Symbolism of Jewellery".
To understand jewellery, we need to read its secret language. In this talk, we will learn how to read the message sent by jewels, both open and hidden.
Medieval lapidary books interpreted gemstones - each stone had a meaning and power. Gemstones in eighteenth and nineteenth century acrostic jewels spelled out secret messages.
Romantic jewels used flowers, hands and hearts to send coded messages of affection and mourning jewels used a visual language of urns, broken pillars and veiled women to send a message of grief.
Political jewels also send a silent message, whether through the colours of the Suffragettes or the hidden imagery of Stuart loyalists.
How to book this event:
Lecture Time: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 10:45am
To book this event please contact The Arts Society Brighton & Hove brightonhove@theartssociety.org
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Ms Rachel Church
Rachel Church studied history at the University of Cambridge, followed by an MA in Museum Studies from Leicester. She was a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1998 to 2021 and worked on major museum projects such as the refurbishment of the Silver Galleries, the British Galleries and Sacred Silver and Stained Glass Galleries. She was part of the core team which redisplayed the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery. She has researched and written widely about jewellery, including Rings (V&A / Thames and Hudson, 2011 and 2017) and Brooches and Badges (V&A / Thames and Hudson, 2019). Her website www.thelifeofjewels.com explores stories behind jewellery and its history.
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