Purpose
The purpose of the Traveling Fellowship is to enable
students in graduate degree programs in the history of art,
architecture and the decorative arts to travel to England
to pursue research projects related to any aspect of the
work of Sir John Soane or Sir John Soane's Museum and its
collections. These include Egyptian antiquities, classical
antiquities, casts (in general), sculpture galleries, the
history of museums, authentic restoration, architecture and
architectural drawings c. 1650-1850, architectural models,
architectural theory c. 1650-1850, neoclassical sculpture,
the Grand Tour (in general), Hogarth, George Dance Junior,
Joseph Michael Gandy, Sir William Chambers, Sir Christopher
Wren and Hawksmoor, architecture and decoration, Robert and
James Adam and English Regency painting. Annually, the Foundation
entertains and reviews grant proposals with the possibility
of making an award of $5,000 to a qualified candidate. Recipients
are selected by Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation
Fellowship Advisory Committee.
Background
The Traveling Fellowship was established to support research in art, architecture
and the decorative arts, in the Soanean tradition, in accordance with Sir John
Soane’s Museum Foundation’s mission to foster the knowledge and
appreciation of art and architecture in the United States and abroad. |