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Special Collections Sunday : Picturesque Bristol
Heritage Open Day: A display of books from Bristol Libraries Special Collections depicting Bristol and its surroundings from years gone by. Visit us in our historic Bristol Room for a chance to look through some lovely old and rare books from the collections. 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.
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.
Sunday 15 Sep 2024
Bristol Central Library, College Green, Bristol, Gloucestershire BS1 5TL
Sun 15 Sep:1400-1600; Free Entry.
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