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A Triple Portrait

Posted on 18/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I often get asked to lecture about gardens and landscapes in art, and although I like talking about pictures that people probably don’t know, I always like to include one that everybody thinks they know very well but actually probably … Continue reading →

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Mechanical Landscapes: The Eidophusikon

Posted on 06/04/2019 by The Gardens Trust

Last weekend I went to see a modern version of something that in 1776 gripped London like a fever. But rather than a medical crisis it was an all-embracing visual experience: a series of stories that involved landscape… & not static … Continue reading →