The Centre for the GeoHumanities is delighted to announce that the sixth Denis Cosgrove Lecture will be given by Professor Stephen Daniels.
The lecture is entitled 'Landscapes in the Making: John Linnell and the Environs of London'. Doors will open at 17:45 to start at 18:00, and the drinks reception after it are free to attend, but please do book a place via this Eventbrite site.
Abstract:
Questions on the making and meaning of landscape are central to the work of Denis Cosgrove, in studies of maps and artworks as well as places on the ground. This lecture explores views of landscapes in the making, in the process of excavation, construction and cultivation, on the edge of early nineteenth century London, a period and place of rapid metropolitan development. The lecture focusses on meanings of such landscapes in the graphic art of John Linnell (1792-1882) in relation to contemporary maps and topographical writings on the ‘environs of London’. How did Linnell’s sketches and paintings depict places such as building sites, gravel pits and garden plots ? What wider material and imaginative worlds are envisioned in these art works ? How do they relate to longer histories of landscape formation ? Staged in a major gallery of nineteenth century art, including work by Linnell, the lecture also reflects on the place of art in geographical enquiry.
Bio:
Stephen Daniels is Professor Emeritus of Cultural Geography in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham and a Senior Fellow in Landscape and Garden Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC. . His research focuses on landscape and environment, painting and place, and geography and cultural identity. As well as publishing critically acclaimed monographs, including 'Fields of Vision' (1992) and 'Humphry Repton: Landscape Gardening and the Geography of Georgian England' (1999) he co-edited the agenda setting edited collection 'The Iconography of Landscape' (1988) with Denis Cosgrove. He has also worked on a series of major public and exhibition projects, including co-curating 'The Art of the Garden' (Tate Britain and Ulster Museum, 2004), 'Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain' (Castle Museum Nottingham and Royal Academy, London, 2009-2010), and 'Repton Revealed' at the Garden Musuem (2018-2019). From 2005 he was the Director of the AHRC's Landscape and Environment Programme.
Denis Cosgrove Lecture:
The Denis Cosgrove Lecture series is hosted by the Royal Holloway Centre for the GeoHumanities. It is named in honour of Professor Denis Cosgrove. Further details on the lecture series, the Centre and recordings of the previous lectures are available on the Centre website: www.geohumanitiesforum.org.
06/06/2023 17:45
06/06/2023 21:00
Europe/London
6th Denis Cosgrove Lecture
The Centre for the GeoHumanities is delighted to announce that the sixth Denis Cosgrove Lecture will be given by Professor Stephen Daniels.
The lecture is entitled 'Landscapes in the Making: John Linnell and the Environs of London'. Doors will open at 17:45 to start at 18:00, and the drinks reception after it are free to attend, but please do book a place via this Eventbrite site.
Abstract:
Questions on the making and meaning of landscape are central to the work of Denis Cosgrove, in studies of maps and artworks as well as places on the ground. This lecture explores views of landscapes in the making, in the process of excavation, construction and cultivation, on the edge of early nineteenth century London, a period and place of rapid metropolitan development. The lecture focusses on meanings of such landscapes in the graphic art of John Linnell (1792-1882) in relation to contemporary maps and topographical writings on the ‘environs of London’. How did Linnell’s sketches and paintings depict places such as building sites, gravel pits and garden plots ? What wider material and imaginative worlds are envisioned in these art works ? How do they relate to longer histories of landscape formation ? Staged in a major gallery of nineteenth century art, including work by Linnell, the lecture also reflects on the place of art in geographical enquiry.
Bio:
Stephen Daniels is Professor Emeritus of Cultural Geography in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham and a Senior Fellow in Landscape and Garden Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC. . His research focuses on landscape and environment, painting and place, and geography and cultural identity. As well as publishing critically acclaimed monographs, including 'Fields of Vision' (1992) and 'Humphry Repton: Landscape Gardening and the Geography of Georgian England' (1999) he co-edited the agenda setting edited collection 'The Iconography of Landscape' (1988) with Denis Cosgrove. He has also worked on a series of major public and exhibition projects, including co-curating 'The Art of the Garden' (Tate Britain and Ulster Museum, 2004), 'Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain' (Castle Museum Nottingham and Royal Academy, London, 2009-2010), and 'Repton Revealed' at the Garden Musuem (2018-2019). From 2005 he was the Director of the AHRC's Landscape and Environment Programme.
Denis Cosgrove Lecture:
The Denis Cosgrove Lecture series is hosted by the Royal Holloway Centre for the GeoHumanities. It is named in honour of Professor Denis Cosgrove. Further details on the lecture series, the Centre and recordings of the previous lectures are available on the Centre website: www.geohumanitiesforum.org.