Special Collections Sunday : Picturesque Bristol
Event Type: Local / Community
Takes Place: 26th May 2024
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: Bristol Central Library
Description: Derived from the Italian ‘pittoresco’, “from a picture,” the term picturesque defines an object or view worthy of being included in a picture. The picturesque was formulated into an aesthetic category in late eighteenth-century Britain, where it was primarily applied to the practices of landscape painting and garden and park design. In the mid-eighteenth century, tourists who followed the cult of the picturesque travelled to untamed areas of the British Isles in pursuit of this visual ideal. Drawn from the library’s specialist collections and from the Pictorial Survey collection of images, this display of paintings, drawings and engravings by mostly Bristol Artists looks at what was considered worthy of illustration in Bristol and surrounding areas in years gone by.
How to book: No booking required
Price: Free
Tel: 0117 903 7202
Email: refandinfo@bristol.gov.uk
Organiser: Bristol Libraries
Region: South-West England