From the dazzling gold of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation robe to the
simple sophistication of Princess Margaret’s wedding dress,
Costuming THE CROWN at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library will
feature 40 iconic costumes from the beloved Emmy® and Golden Globe
award-winning drama The Crown. The Netflix Original series, produced
by Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television, is
a dramatized history of Queen Elizabeth II’s early reign, as the
fragile social order established after the Second World War breaks
apart. The exhibition will be on view in the Winterthur Galleries
March 30, 2019–January 5, 2020. Beginning with spectacle and
pageantry, Costuming THE CROWN, reveals everything from the majesty of
royal crowns and tiaras to the private looks worn by the royal family
in the quiet moments behind the palace doors. This intriguing
exhibition provides a behind-the-scenes look at how costume design is
used to complement riveting drama, re-create history, and define
characters from the footmen to the queen. Costuming THE CROWN at
Winterthur will be the first global comprehensive exhibition of
costumes from the first and second seasons of the series. Visitors can
see how Emmy®- and BAFTA-winning designers Michele Clapton and Jane
Petrie worked painstakingly to be authentic in the detailing of
everything from King George’s medals and military ribbons to Queen
Elizabeth’s iconic dresses for royal tours. Costuming THE CROWN
explains the significance and importance of costume design to the
story. Visitors will move through four sections in the exhibition,
beginning with “Establishing Roles,” which explores the
transformative nature of costume, looking at the ensembles worn for
the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953. With these impressive
garments, steeped in history, the young Princess Elizabeth takes on
her new role and becomes the queen in much the same way the actors are
transformed into their roles through costume. “Dressing the Part”
explores the replica costumes, based on extensive photographic and
video archive research, and considers how clothing signifies status.
By looking at a variety of costumes―from a schoolboy uniform and
official military uniforms to the exquisite outfits worn to attend a
royal wedding―we see the role of clothing in indicating one’s
place in society. “Creating Character” investigates scenes in
which the costume designers were allowed to interpret the
characters’ looks with their own designs and explores private
moments in their daily lives. Though many of us are fascinated by
royalty, we see the royal family only through a narrowly focused lens.
“Capturing the Image,” the final section of the exhibition, looks
at clothing worn by the queen and others in actual photographs and on
television, highlighting the imagery the royal family chose to assert
its status and to cultivate its public persona. The exhibition
considers our fascination with the British royal family— one that H.
F. and Ruth du Pont also shared through their interest in, and
encounters with, Queen Elizabeth II. Critics have lauded The Crown,
which has received 26 nominations for Primetime Emmy® Awards and
multiple Golden Globes Awards in its first two seasons, including Best
Drama. Based on the award-winning play, The Audience, the series
reunites creator/writer Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) with
director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and producer Andy
Harries (The Queen). The Crown, a series that is unprecedented in its
scale, ambition, and creative vision, chronicles the major political
and global events from the late 1940s until mid-1960s in seasons 1 and
2. Season 3 is in production and will air on Netflix in 2019. Both
costume designers featured in the exhibition won the Emmy® for
Outstanding Period Costumes and the Costume Designers Guild Award for
Excellence in Period Television for their work on the show— Michele
Clapton in 2017 for season 1 and Jane Petrie in 2018 for season 2. The
exhibition invites visitors to see the role the designers’ decisions
played in creating costumes for seasons 1 and 2 of this award-winning
production. Winterthur—known worldwide for its preeminent collection
of American decorative arts, naturalistic gardens, and research
library for the study of American art and material culture—offers a
variety of tours, exhibitions, programs, and activities throughout the
year. General admission includes a tour of some of the most notable
spaces in the 175-room house as well as access to the Winterthur
Garden and Galleries, special exhibitions, a narrated tram tour
(weather permitting), the Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens, and the
Enchanted Woods children’s garden. $20 adults; $18 for students and
seniors; $6 for ages 2–11. Museum hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm,
Tuesday–Sunday. For those visiting Winterthur from November 17,
2018—January 6, 2019, please note that the Yuletide Tour is the
general admission tour. $22 adults; $20 for students and seniors; $6
for ages 2–11. Winterthur, located on Route 52, six miles northwest
of Wilmington, Delaware, and five miles south of U.S. Route 1, is
closed on Mondays (except during Yuletide), Thanksgiving, and
Christmas Day. Winterthur is committed to accessible programming for
all. For information, including special services, call 800.448.3883,
302.888.4600, or TTY 302.888.4907, or visit winterthur.org. Left Bank
Pictures is a multi-award-winning film and television production
company launched in 2007. Named Best Independent Production Company in
both 2011 and 2018 at the Broadcast Awards, Left Bank Pictures has
been recognized at a number of other award ceremonies including the
Golden Globes, Emmy® Awards, BAFTAs, Rose D’Or and Royal Television
Society Awards. In 2012 Sony Pictures Television took a majority stake
in the company signaling a significant move into scripted production
for Sony in the UK. Since its inception, Left Bank Pictures has
produced major drama series for a huge range of international
broadcasters including Netflix, BBC, ITV, SkyTV, WGBH, HBO/Cinemax and
Amazon. They have produced the UK’s first original commissions for
YouTube—with the forthcoming series Origin—and Netflix’s Golden
Globe and Emmy®-winning series The Crown, chronicling the reign of
Elizabeth II. The BAFTA-nominated series The Replacement and Pls Like
round up their impressive slate, with more series for Netflix on the
way. Other television credits include Wallander, Mad Dogs, Outlander,
Strike Back, Zen, DCI Banks and The Halcyon. Sony Pictures Television
(SPT) is one of the television industry’s leading content providers,
producing and distributing programming worldwide in every genre and
for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry’s
largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and
formats, SPT is home to a thriving global production business
operating 21 wholly-owned or joint venture production companies in 12
countries around the world. Sony Pictures Television is a Sony
Pictures Entertainment Company. $20 adults
culture
art
cinema
photography
Museum
trade shows
business
collecting
family
1375
Views
20/08/2019 Last update