British Art and Natural Forces: Geomorphic Forms seminar
Channel: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Date: 2020-10-08

A seminar convened as part of the 'British Art and Natural Forces' programme, which took place on 6 October 2020.

Chair: Martin Myrone (Convenor, British Art Network)

Speakers and papers:

Caterina Franciosi (PhD Student, History of Art at Yale University), ‘“Hell on Earth”: Edward Burne-Jones’s Perseus Series (1876–1885) and Narratives of Geophysical Development’

Stephanie O’Rourke (Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews), ‘Picturing the Geological Sublime’

Joe Kerr (Adjunct Professor of Architectural History at Syracuse University, London), ‘Alfred Watkins: Art, Nature and the Supernatural’

Tobah Aukland-Peck (PhD Student, Art History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York), ‘“Minerals of the Island”: Tracing the Fossil Landscapes of the 1951 Festival of Britain’