Enfilade

John S. Muller, A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens, Shewing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens, ca. 1715–92, hand-colored engraving on wove paper (New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection).

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From the Paul Mellon Centre:

Public Lecture Course | The Artist and the Garden
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, Thursdays, 27 September — 25 October 2018

Registration opens on 20 August 2018

The Artist and the Garden will explore the multifarious ways in which the artist has impacted upon our understanding and perception of the British garden from the seventeenth century to the present day. Through a series of related but discrete talks, speakers will explore not only the ways in which artists depicted gardens but how so many of them were active as gardeners themselves, whether they were formulating grand landscape designs or cultivating private domestic spaces. The course will feature lectures from Christopher Woodward, Director of the Garden Museum, noted academics such as Joy Sleeman and Stephen Daniels, as well as landscape architect Todd Longstaff-Gowan.

The course meets every Thursday for five weeks from 27 September to 25 October 2018, 6.30–8.30pm (6.30–7.00 Drinks, 7.00–8.30 Lecture and Discussion). The course is open to all and free to attend, but enrolment is required. Registration will open at 10am on 20 August. In the meantime please read the Frequently Asked Questions for information on changes to our enrollment and booking procedures.

27 September — Introduction, with Christopher Woodward
4 October — Repton and the Landscaped Garden, with Stephen Daniels
11 October — Country Gardens, with Martin Postle
18 October — Land Art, with Nicholas Alfrey and Joy Sleeman
25 October — Artist in Focus: Eileen Hogan, with Todd Longstaffe-Gowan