The Fitzwilliam Museum - University of Cambridge

20 freshness of Altdorfer’s approach to subject matter,
and his very original use of the medium of woodcut
to capture the spontaneity of an artist’s drawing, was
showcased in the sequel AA ii
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(11 July – 5 November 2006, Charrington
Print Room)
Exhibitions
Life, Ritual and
Immortality: Chinese
spouted ritual wine
vessel, c. 1050-975
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(23 May – 24 September 2006, Shiba
Gallery) featured fascinating actor prints originally
collected in the middle of the 19th century by a fan
of Kabuki theatre in Edo (Tokyo) and kept in an
album, preserving their colours in excellent
condition. Examples by the leading figure print
designers of the day, Kunisada and Kuniyoshi,
offered different views of actors in the same
performance and a spectacular set by Toyoharu
Kunichika showed leading actors as firemen.
The central role of bronze, jade and ceramic vessels
in Chinese culture was explored in RR aa
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(4 October 2005 – 2 January 2006, Octagon
Gallery). A loan selection of wildlife stamp designs
Figures on Fabric: Raised-work panel with scenes
from the story of David and Bathsheba, English, 1700
from some 550 created over 30 years by artist
Ian Loe fascinated audiences of all ages in all their
minute detail in ff MM (26 January – 23
April 2006, Octagon Gallery).
II oo WW (9 May – 27 August 2006,
Octagon Gallery) explored the influence of patron,
audience and attitudes on the depiction of war in
medallic art and featured official gallantry and
campaign medals from the Lester Watson collection
juxtaposed with commemorative medals and other
material. oo FF (19 September - 30
December 2006, Octagon Gallery) featured figurative
compositions, religious and secular, on predominantly
English 17th century needlework. HH
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October 2006 – 7 January 2007, Shiba Gallery)
celebrated the acquisition, with the support of The Art
Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, of a set
of magnificent original set designs for the
phenomenally successful Edwardian ‘fairy’ play The
Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck, first staged at
London’s Haymarket Theatre in 1909.