Steven Desmond - Thursday 21st March 2024
Venue - St. Peter's Pastoral Centre, St. Peter's Church, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8RY and online via Zoom
Time - 10.30am - 3.30pm
An Image of Liberty: the Origins of the English Landscape Garden
When Joseph Addison observed that a spacious Horizon is an Image of Liberty, he was expressing the beginnings of a collective desire to break free from the corset of the French baroque garden with its emphasis on state and parade. Landowners became increasingly interested in the idea of the garden as a political emblem, and one in which they could function not only as gentlemen farmers but also as men of taste familiar with the scenes and texts of classical antiquity. Thus, the Georgian garden, at first sight a pleasant stroll through undulating greenery, is revealed as a hotbed of ideas: the paintings of Claude Lorrain, the journeys of mythical heroes and the theories of Hogarth and Burke are drawn together to present the British landowner as the modern Roman, conferring freedom under the law on his happy tenantry. All these ideas are explored through illustrations of period gardens and artefacts compared with their sources.
St. Peter's Pastoral Centre, St. Peter's Church, Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8RY
And online via Zoom.
Recordings will be available for 7 days after each event for online subscribers.
Attendees will be treated to 3 superb sessions each day delivered by our lecturers on the theme Nature in Art.
Study Day Fees
The cost is £35 per day in person to include morning coffee and a light lunch.
A Zoom option is available at £13 per day.
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