 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
||||
 |
|
 |
 his month, the eminent British historian John Dixon Hunt will deliver the first Beatrix Farrand Lectures in Landscape Studies at Smith College. Professor Hunt, who is Chair of the Department of Landscape
Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, will present these slide lectures as part
of the landscape architecture studio course this spring.
|
Through his teaching and writing, Mr. Hunt has become a leader in promoting landscape studies as a major
component of cultural history. Before beginning his tenure at the University of Pennsylvania, he served as Director of Studies in Landscape Architecture at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington, D.C., a division of Harvard University. Among his important books are Garden and Grove: The Italian Renaissance in the English Imagination; Garden and the Picturesque: Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture; and Greater Perfection: The Practice of Garden Theory. Mr. Hunt will offer a survey of landscape and garden history from ancient gardens to contemporary designs. In his illustrated talks, Mr. Hunt will weave together ideas, concepts, theories, and forms from gardens and landscapes around the world and discuss how, throughout history, the literature of garden-making influenced the practice of garden design. Among the gardens he will discuss in his first lecture are the Villa Lante, Versailles, Courances, and Rousham. The lectures will take place in Wright Hall at 1:10 p.m. and are open to the public. Smith alumnae and Friends of the Botanic Garden are invited to special visits and tours on campus following the lectures. These lectures, sponsored by the Department of Art and the Faculty Planning Group for the Program in Landscape Studies, are supported by the Beatrix Farrand Fund for Landscape Studies. This fund, named for the distinguished American landscape designer who received an honorary degree from Smith in 1936, will endow a new faculty position in landscape studies as part of the proposed interdepartmental program. For more information call Jad Davis, (800) 526-2023.  |
||
|
Last fall, volunteers Janet Bissell and Hut Beall researched and developed a special tour, Elements of Renaissance Gardens, as part of our ongoing collaboration with the Smith College Museum of Art in creating
programs for school groups. The tour is designed to complement the Renaissance exhibit at the Museum, A Renaissance Treasury. Janet and Hut are offering the tour to the public on February 27 as part of a series of workshops that the Museum has scheduled in conjunction with the exhibit. |
||
|
|||
| previous page | next page | ||
group of enthusiastic new volunteers has completed our intensive training program at the Botanic
Garden. We are gearing up for our busy spring season of school tours, and the new volunteers are working
diligently toward their first "solo" tours. Our veteran volunteers have been providing much encouragement
for the new recruits and have been actively participating in their training.