Summary: We tend to think of landscape as such an obvious thing to paint that we forget that it is a relatively recent artistic invention. Before the seventeenth century it did not exist and it was not until the nineteenth century that it became respectable. In this talk Dr Michael Paraskos will look at the history of landscape painting, focusing on British landscape artists such as Gainsborough, Turner and Constable, to discover why landscape art came into existence, what forms it took and what it tells us about British identity. As well as art by some of our most well loved painters, Dr Paraskos will look at the relationship between art and literature, so expect to hear the poetry of Wordsworth and other literary giants in his talk too.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:04:23 +0000
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