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<font size=7>Picturing Shakespeare<br>
</font><font size=5>An Interdisciplinary Symposium<br>
15-16 November 2002, University of Toronto<br>
</font><a href="http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/picturingshakespeare" eudora="autourl">http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/picturingshakespeare</a><br><br>
The recent discovery of the Sanders Portrait in Canada has intrigued many
with the question: is this a portrait of Shakespeare, painted in 1603, as
the family tradition of the owners contends? When the portrait was put on
display at the Art Gallery of Ontario in June 2001, the most frequent
comment from the thousands of visitors who saw it was that the viewer
really wanted this image to be that of William Shakespeare. Why?
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The two-day <b>Picturing Shakespeare Symposium</b>, and it's accompanying
public lecture, brings together Canadian and international scholars from
many disciplines: art, theatre and costume historians, palaeographers,
scientists, genealogists, and others to explore issues of public and
scholarly interest generated by the Sanders Portrait. Topics of
discussion include: the nature of historical evidence, the materials
testing and dating of the portrait, the visual representations of
Shakespeare, the history of Elizabethan theatre and portraiture,
palaeography, and genealogy. The Sanders Portrait will also be on
view at the University Art Centre during the symposium.<br><br>
This symposium is sponsored by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Records of
Early English Drama, and the University of Toronto Art Centre.<br><br>
For further information, programme details, and registration
instructions, please see our web site at:
<a href="http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/picturingshakespeare" eudora="autourl">http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/picturingshakespeare</a>
or contact us at:<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Picturing Shakespeare Symposium<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>c/o Records of Early English Drama<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>University of Toronto<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>150 Charles Street West, Room 118<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Toronto, Ontario<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Canada M5S 1K9<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Tel: (416) 585-4504 Fax: (416) 813-4093<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Email: kchung@chass.utoronto.ca<br>
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