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Landscapes and Garden Design
Barewood Garden, one of Aotearoa’s Oldest and Most Treasured Private Heritage Gardens
Barewood remains one of Aotearoa’s oldest and most treasured private heritage gardens. Designed and developed over 55 years, it is …
Green Morocco: Blooming Across Mountains and Desert
As you head north in Morocco, away from the dry heart of Africa towards the relatively mild shores of the …
Slovenia: Europe’s Hidden Garden of Natural Wonders
Nestled between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea, Slovenia offers a remarkable natural beauty packed into a relatively small landscape. …
Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu’s Ambition: Kinkaku-ji & Ginkaku-ji
In the historic city of Kyoto, two Zen temples stand as shimmering symbols of Japan’s cultural refinement: Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji. …
The Gardens of Samurai and Poet Ishikawa Jōzan (1583-1672)
Over many years Jim Fogarty has carried out his own research into Japan’s most iconic gardens uncovering layers of fascinating history …
The Alpine Sublime
by Dr Lisa Beaven and Assoc. Prof. David Marshall For much of the early modern period, the Swiss-Italian Alps were …
Two Private Gardens of New Zealand’s South Island: Broadfields and Maple Glen
New Zealand’s South Island boasts an extraordinary variety of public and private gardens, as well as spectacular natural landscapes including …
Tōfuku-ji Hojo Gardens – A Masterpiece of Zen Modernism
Tōfuku-ji, founded in 1235 by the powerful Fujiwara clan, is one of Kyoto’s great Zen temples. Its Hojo gardens, the …
A Journey through Spain’s Unique Gardens
If there is a word which could define Spain and the Spanish gardens, it would be diversity, without any doubt. …
Exploring East Anglia’s Rich Heritage: History, Culture and Landscape
East Anglia is bordered on all sides by formidable barriers — the North Sea to the east and north, the …
Lectures
Fresco Painting in the Veneto
Some of Italy’s most celebrated paintings were created using the ancient technique of fresco, of which a significant number are located in the Veneto.
Caravaggio in Sicily
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is one of art history’s most fascinating personalities: a painter of genius and a man possessed of a violent, mercurial temperament.
Everywhere the Glint of Gold
After its long awaited opening, the Grand Egyptian Museum is now open and for the first time all the treasures from Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb are on display together. In this lecture Lucia reveals many lesser-known but wonderful items.
From desert trails to ocean sails
The distinctive landscapes of Oman were shaped by the ancient trade routes that crossed them, conveying luxury goods such as spices, textiles and incense between Africa, Arabia and the wider world of the Indian Ocean.
Paintings in Stone
Between the 2nd and the 4th centuries CE, the mosaic workshops in the cities of the Roman Provinces of Africa (modern western Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) excelled in the production of high quality coloured figurative and geometric pattern mosaics