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Dr. Lis Darby, Programme Director, MA in Contemporary Design and Decorative Art and Design Course |
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Current Teaching As Programme Director of the 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts Course, Lis teaches the history of decorative arts, design and craft from the late 18th century to the present day, covering all media (including architecture and interiors) but with particular focus on furniture and metalwork. She also teaches design and late 18th century to mid 20th century sculpture for other programmes. In 2006 Lis was responsible for developing and securing validation from the University of Manchester for a new MA in Contemporary Design which is due to run for the first time in September 2008. Research Interests Sculpture and the Decorative Arts Lis is interested in all aspects of design and craft from the late 18th century to the present day, but a particular area of investigation is the relationship between the fine arts (especially sculpture) and the decorative arts in 19th Century France and England. Her work explores the cross-overs between sculptural and decorative art production, both visually and practically, but also the changing perception of the work and the artist by contemporary society. This research focuses particularly on metalwork. 20th Century Art & Design The early 20th century was one of the richest periods for artistic and cultural interchange as artists in all media sought to reflect the new technological age in different ways. Lis is interested in the contribution of painters and sculptors to the development of modern design during this period, particularly the role and influence of sculpture in French furniture and interior design of the 1920s. The interaction between art and design has remained a rich theme up to the present day. Moreover, since the 1960s, when challenges to the functional emphasis of Modernism emerged, the idea that furniture and other objects can subvert the boundaries (indeed, the perceived hierarchy) between the arts and can exist as work of arts as much as utilitarian pieces, has gained widespread acceptance. The high profile accorded design and designers since the 1980s has encouraged the creation of objects that explore concepts and commentary previously conceived as the almost exclusive terrain of fine art. Lis's research seeks to incorporate these ideas into her teaching of 20th Century design. Biography Lis received her BA in art history from Leeds University and her MA (in Neoclassicism in France) from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London where she also completed her PhD (on 19th Century public sculpture in Great Britain). While writing her PhD, she was awarded the Museums’ Association Studentship at the Victoria and Albert Museum where she worked in a number of curatorial departments. Lis joined Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 1984, drawn to do so by the object-based approach to teaching, which tied in with her museum experience and her undergraduate studies at Leeds, where she had been taught the history of the decorative arts using the collections at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall. Lis has published articles and contributed to books on 19th century sculpture and is a member of the editorial board of The Sculpture Journal. Selected Publications ‘John Gibson, Queen Victoria and the Idea of Sculptural Polychromy’ Art History vol.4 no.1, March 1981 Catalogue of Works in Elfrida Manning Marble and Bronze. The Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft 1982 (compiled with Benedict Read) The Cult of the Prince Consort Yale University Press 1983 (co-author with Dr. Nicola Smith) Furniture from Rococo to Art Deco Taschen 2000 (edited 20th century section) ‘A French Sculptor in Wiltshire: Henri de Triqueti ’s panel in the Church of St Michael & All Angels, Teffont Evias” Wiltshire Studies 2002 ‘Islam in East Knoyle: George Aitchison and the National School 1870-1873’ Wiltshire Studies 2003 ‘The Memorial to the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations and a missing statue of Queen Victoria’ Sculpture Journal vol. IX 2003 |
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