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19th Century Travellers in Scotland
Fingal’s Cave, Akela NDE (Diskussion), CC BY-SA 2.0 FR, via Wikimedia Commons (modified)
19th Century Travellers in Scotland
This lecture focuses on the travels of artists, musicians and writers in Scotland during the period when the romance of the Highlands, fostered by the tales of Ossian, made Scotland a destination for those such as Turner, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Dorothy and William Wordsworth and Coleridge. The talk is illustrated by the music of Chopin and Mendelssohn. The routes of the travellers and the highlights (including Fingal’s Cave, the Falls of Clyde, the Trossachs, etc.) are shown by means of slides of paintings and drawings (including Mendelssohn’s little known sketches), as well as present-day views of the same scenes.
Lecturer: Norman Tennent
Emeritus Professor of Conservation Science in the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam and Visiting Professorial Fellow in the Department of History of Art of Glasgow University. Formerly head of conservation at the National Trust for Scotland and, prior to that, section founder and head of conservation science with Glasgow Museums. Has taught and lectured in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Main areas of lecture focus are art conservation, technical and authenticity studies, and – as a qualified Scottish tourist guide – the travels of musicians, artists and writers in Scotland.
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