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Monday January 8th 2024
Kate Harwood: Last Landscapes (The landscapes of British cemeteries over the last four centuries).
NB This talk will be on Zoom and will be free to all.
Last Landscapes presented by Kate Harwood Tickets, Mon 8 Jan 2024 at 14:00 | Eventbrite
The talk covers the development of cemeteries, and since 1902, of crematoria, and their differing landscapes addressing different purposes. These include veneration and remembrance, celebration of past lives, efficient disposal of the dead, open spaces for contemplation and for recreation and national symbols of pride. The design of these, from Vanbrugh’s enthusiasm for the Indian cemeteries he had seen, to the modern natural burial includes many overseas influences. These vary from Rousseau’s tomb at Ermenonville to the landscape cemeteries of Sweden. The variations reflect the worldly life of their occupants: dissenters, muslims, paupers, prisoners, soldiers, mentally ill.
Context from Buenos Aires to Surat, from Stockholm to Cape Town is provided.
Kate Harwood is Conservation & Planning Officer for Hertfordshire Gardens Trust and lectures, writes about and researches historic parks and gardens. She is also a member of the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust.
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