Art History Lecture Series

Topographies of Thought: Understanding Landscape

Fridays: on 2 May, 9 May. 16 May, 23 May. 6 June

10.15am – 12.15pm

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

Paintings of landscape explore where we think we are geographically, environmentally and emotionally. They show the power of art to capture the beauty and wonder of the natural world and inner landscapes of human feeling. Some landscapes are familiar, even commonplace, others romantic and exotic. These five lectures trace the development of landscape as a theme and the ways it evokes soundscape or change through time.

Friday 2 May

Blue mountains, craggy ravines: the birth of landscape as a subject

Artwork: Mountainous Wooded Landscape with Figures - Alessandro Magnasco (attributed to)

Speaker: Miriam Gill

Friday 9 May

Essays in Form and Colour: Ben Mathews’ Landscapes

Artwork: Above the Harbour; Across the Valley; Landscape, Mallorca, Spain - Ben Mathews

Speaker: Conny Bailey

Friday 16 May

Painting the world we know: the landscapes of the Norwich School

Artwork: Thatched Cottage in a Pastoral Landscape - British (Norwich) School

Speaker: Miriam Gill

Friday 23 May

Deafening Silence: Thoughts on the absence of sound in Landscape painting

Artwork: Highlands and Islands - Keeley Halleswelle

Speaker: Conny Bailey

Friday 6 June

Cottages, canals and trains: landscape painting in a time of change

Artwork: Canal in a Landscape - Henry Mitton Wilson

Speaker: Miriam Gill

Artworks and speakers are correct at the time of going to press but may be amended due to unforeseen changes to availability or subject expertise.

Series ticket £25 (+ Eventbrite booking fee).

Price includes refreshments

Booking essential

Individual lectures can be booked separately for £6 per lecture (+ Eventbrite booking fee)

We allocate a small number of tickets to purchase from the museum direct. If Eventbrite is showing as sold out try calling the museum direct on 01604 526322 during our opening hours Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sundays 12-5pm

Art History Lecture Series- Understanding Landscape - series ticket