Paper cities on show
21 October 2003
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Art Collections will launch a new exhibition, 'Paper Cities: Topography and Imagination in Urban Europe c1490-1780', on 15 October 2003.
The exhibition charts individual artists' engagement with various places, so visitors can explore Rembrandt's Amsterdam, Hollar's London, Canaletto's Venice and Piranesi's Rome.
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Art Collections Assistant Curator, Dr Tarnya Cooper commented: "Artists frequently created dramatic likenesses of place rather than an accurate depiction of an actual site. For 18th-century audiences, topographical views served as a stimulus for foreign travel, but also created armchair tourists who would use such images to roam Europe virtually."
The show is open Wednesday to Friday, 1-5pm - except during Christmas
and the New Year - and runs until March 2004. It is accompanied by a fully
illustrated catalogue and a number of events, including lunch-time gallery talks.
Image: Hogenburg's Plan of London, 1572.
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