Favoured Lands, Favoured Arts
Tension Family & Friends Album, 1864, The National Library of Ireland ALB295.
Join us for this talk focusing on the unique collection at the National Library of Ireland & other Collections.
As part of our Homes of Literary & Visual Giants series, Professor Fontanella will discuss the fascinating King-Tenison family.
Edward King-Tenison and Lady Louisa (Anson) Tenison were crucial figures in the cultural history of Ireland's mid-nineteenth century. He a pioneer photographer and experimental scientist in that new field, while also a governmental representative on various levels; she a significant chronicler of their journeys together, and a directive figure in various manual arts...and in the way they carried out their lives. A view of their vital experience together amounts to a survey of several of the most significant cultural phenomena of their time, seen within a historico-political context of turmoil in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland and the continent.
Lee Fontanella is emeritus professor of the Humanities and Arts, holding two Masters degrees and a Princeton doctorate. In 2009 he was named Carnegie Centenary Professor for Scotland. He is most referenced for his pioneering work in the history of photography in Spain, having published also one book on literature and written a movie script. He has published over a dozen books, more than 150 articles and chapters, and he has delivered as many public lectures, most frequently in Spain.
Read about our Homes of Literary and Visual Giants winter talk series.
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