Join The Fan District Association on Tuesday, February 9th at 6:30 p.m., at Fox School, for a special hour-long reprise of “The ‘Palladian Motif’ and Richmond’s Fan District,” two illustrated lectures on the surprising history of some beautiful Fan windows. These lectures were originally given as the opening session of VCU’s 17th Symposium on Architectural History last November. Charles Brownell, Professor of Art History at [...]
Archive for the ‘Exhibits’ Category
Special Presentation on Fan Architecture
Posted in Exhibits, tagged architecture, history, lectures, Palladio, Richmond, roof, The Fan on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rarely seen early 20th century Richmond
Posted in Exhibits, General, tagged early 20th century, Franklin Street, history, postcards, Richmond, The Fan, VCU on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a great site I just stumbled upon on the VCU Special Collections Online Exhibits! The “Rarely Seen Richmond” collection allows you to peruse through over 600 postcards of the Richmond scene from the early 20th century. These miniature works of art show us what was important for Richmonders to share with the rest of [...]
