Dear friends,

When in doubt, always consult the museum listserve!

The title the committee likes best is:

Sweet Briar, 1800-1900: Palladian Plantation House, Italianate Villa,  
Aesthetic Retreat

If anyone's interested in playing this game further, I am also trying  
to come up with a title for an upcoming paper focused on the Aesthetic  
Movement phase of the house, which will cover the family's trip to the  
Centennial Exhibition of 1876, and their purchases of many types of  
Japanese goods there.  They came down with such a case of  
"Japanamania" that they even planted bamboo forests on the property,  
and bought peacocks to lend an aesthetic air to the grounds.

So far I have, "Roaming Peacocks and Bamboo Forests: The Aesthetic  
Retreat of the Williams Family, Sweet Briar, Virginia."  Any thoughts?  
  As you can tell, I am hopeless at coming up with clever and catchy  
titles!

All best,
-- 
Christian Carr
Director, Sweet Briar Museum
Assistant Professor of Arts Management
PO Box 144, Sweet Briar, VA 24595
Phone: 434.381.6246 Fax: 434.381.6132
(mailing address same as above)



Quoting Rebecca Thackston <[log in to unmask]>:

> Can you let the list know what title you choose? This is so interesting!
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> Rebecca
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> Assistant Director of Programs and Administration
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Carrie Hoover
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 2:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Calling all wordsmiths-help needed with title!
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> Perhaps this could work
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>  "The Three Faces of Sweet Briar House, 1800-1900: Palladian,
> Italianate, and Aesthetic."
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> Carrie Hoover
> Visual Resources Assistant
> Newseum
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>> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:05:32 -0400
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Calling all wordsmiths-help needed with title!
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> I am certain that someone on the museum list can help me find just the
>
>> right word needed for the title of a writing project focused on a
>> historic house here at Sweet Briar College.
>>
>> This project will focus on the three primary phases of the house's
>> architectural history: its original form as a Palladian house built in
>
>> the late 18th century (white columns, double portico), its renovation
>> as an Italianate villa in the mid-19th century, and its reincarnation
>> as a monument to the Aesthetic Movement, complete with roaming
>> peacocks and bamboo forests in the late 19th century.
>>
>> The working title is: "Sweet Briar House, 1800-1900: Palladian
>> Plantation, Italianate Villa, Aesthetic Retreat."
>>
>> The editors are quibbling with the word "Plantation," since while
>> Sweet Briar certainly was a working plantation during this time
>> period, the plantation proper is not the focus, only the house
>> itself--and "Plantation House" won't work since it repeats the house's
>
>> name. They like leading off with the alliteration although it's not
>> strictly necessary--and somehow "Palladian Pad" and "Palladian
>> Palace," which are all I'm coming up with, probably won't work!
>>
>> So, I am hoping that some of the inveterate wordsmiths out there can
>> help me find a word to substitute for plantation house that will
>> convey the appropriate meaing and work nicely with the rest of the
>> title!
>>
>> Many thanks in advance for your assistance.
>>
>> All best,
>> Christian
>> --
>> Christian Carr
>> Director, Sweet Briar Museum
>> Assistant Professor of Arts Management
>> PO Box 144, Sweet Briar, VA 24595
>> Phone: 434.381.6246 Fax: 434.381.6132
>> (mailing address same as above)
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