A Baroque Bishop in Colonial Australia: The Cultural Patronage of Bishop James Goold (1812–1886)

This international symposium examines the patronage of Melbourne’s first Catholic Bishop, James Goold, and his contribution to the cultural life of colonial Melbourne, especially through his art collection, library and patronage of architecture

Sessions will be devoted to the Bishop’s important Baroque painting collection, his colonial library and his patronage of the British architect William Wilkinson Wardell, and its imprint on the built environment of Melbourne.

Dates: Thursday 15 February to Friday 16 February 2018 with opening keynote at 5.30pm on Wednesday 14 February.

For those wishing to attend individual keynote lectures, separate registration is required. See website for details.

Presented by the Australian Institute of Art History, within the School of Culture and Communication, and in partnership with the University of Divinity. Dr Colin's Barr's attendance at the symposium is generously supported by the Macgeorge Bequest.

Presented by the Australian Institute of Art History, within the School of Culture and Communication, and in partnership with the University of Divinity.

Image: Portrait of James Goold, c.1850–55, oil on canvas. By permission of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea Archives

Presenters

• Associate Professor Peter Cunich, (University of Hong Kong)
• Dr Colin Barr, Senior Lecturer in History
• Professor Tanja Michalsky (Biblotheca Hertziana, Rome)
• Professor Klaus Krüger (Freie Universität, Berlin on 14 February)