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Edinburgh Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910 Schedule

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Thursday 4th October 2012

  1. Registration 1:30pm to 1:55pm

  2. Welcome by Michael Clarke (National Galleries of Scotland) 1:55pm to 2pm

  3. The City as De-structured Symbolist Landscape, Sharon Hirsh (Rosemont College, Pennsylvania) 2pm to 2:45pm

  4. God in the Numbers: Nordic Landscape and Symbolist Realities, David Jackson (University of Leeds) 2:45pm to 3:30pm

  5. Coffee Break 3:30pm to 4pm

  6. Keynote Lecture: ‘La Vie Végétative’: Phytomorphism in Symbolist Landscapes, Dario Gamboni (University of Geneva) 4pm to 5pm

  7. Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910 exhibition 5pm to 6pm

    An opportunity to view Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910 exhibition

  8. Drinks reception in IT Gallery, Scottish National Gallery 6pm to 7pm

Friday 5th October 2012

  1. Little Sublimities, Hidden Technologies, and National Narration, Patricia Berman (Wellesley College, Massachusetts) 9am to 9:45am

  2. Gauguin, Hodler, Leistikow: The Mood of Landscape, Kerstin Thomas (University of Mainz) 9:45am to 10:30am

  3. Coffee Break 10:30am to 11am

  4. At the Edge of the Abyss: Symbolism, Nietzscheism and Vertiginous Landscapes Charlotte Foucher (Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Pa 11am to 11:45am

  5. Immanence and Transcendence: The Iconography of the Mystical Landscape, Katharine Lochnan (Art Gallery of Ontario) 11am to 11am

  6. Immanence and Transcendence: The Iconography of the Mystical Landscape, Katharine Lochnan (Art Gallery of Ontario) 11:45am to 12:30pm

  7. Lunch break (not provided) 12:30pm to 2pm

  8. From Whistler to Khnopff: Painting Softly or the Strange Musicality of Symbolist Landscape Michel Draguet (Royal Fine Arts Museu 2pm to 2:45pm

  9. Colour Tones and Tonalities: Symbolist Art and Music around 1900 Edwin Becker (Van Gogh Museum 2:45pm to 3:30pm

  10. Coffee Break 3:30pm to 4pm

  11. Round table discussion with Dario Gamboni, Elizabeth Childs Peter Dayan, Anna-Maria Von Bonsdorff and Richard Thomson 4pm to 5pm

October 4/5 2012: 2 Day Conference on Symbolist Landscape, Edinburgh

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We are pleased to announce the full line up for the Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910 conference. The 2-day international conference will take place on 4 and 5 October 2012 at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. Eight 30-minute papers and a plenary lecture will be given and will include a visit to the exhibition Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910 (14th July − 14th October 2012).

The distinguished group of speakers include Sharon Hirsh (Rosemont College), Patricia Berman (Wellesley College), Michel Draguet (Royal Fine Arts Museums of Belgium) and Dario Gamboni (University of Geneva).

Redefining European Symbolism, 1880-1910 is a network funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The partners are the University of Edinburgh, the National Galleries of Scotland, the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the Musée d’Orsay  and the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris and the University of Geneva. It has staged two research seminars (on the Nabis, VGM, November 2010 and Symbolist landscape, INHA, March 2011) and two conferences: on the Nabis, Amsterdam, VGM, October 2011 and on European Symbolism, Musée d’Orsay, April 2012.

We hope you will also have a look at the Symbolism Database https://symbolism.ace.ed.ac.uk This is an online community of symbolist researchers, a space for open discussion and networking. Registering with the database is the best way to keep up to date with the network’s activities.

Edinburgh Landscape Conference Schedule

Booking Information

Tickets* cost £25 (£15 concessions); £10 student ticket and are available from the Information Desk at the Scottish National Gallery or call 0131 624 6560 between 9.30am-4.30pm with debit/credit card details. This number has a voicemail system so please your details if there is no answer. Alternatively please email: IDesk@nationalgalleries.org

*Includes exhibition ticket and wine reception

For enquiries, please contact Craig.Landt@ed.ac.uk (0131 651 4248)

https://sites.eca.ed.ac.uk/symbolism/

http://www.nationalgalleries.org

For entrance to the National Galleries: http://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/gardens-entrance/

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