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Lecture with Dr Jakob Heller / University of Halle
From William Shakespeare and Nicolas Poussin to Martin Opitz and Salomon Geßner and Novalis, the artistic imagination was repeatedly ignited by the dream landscape of Arcadia. It was Virgil who was the first to have shepherds rest and sing in Arcadia - in reality a stretch of land in the Peloponnese - in his poems. But how could the barren landscape become the epitome of love?
From William Shakespeare and Nicolas Poussin to Martin Opitz and Salomon Geßner and Novalis, the artistic imagination was repeatedly ignited by the dream landscape of Arcadia. It was Virgil who was the first to have shepherds rest and sing in Arcadia - in reality a stretch of land in the Peloponnese - in his poems. But how could the barren landscape become the epitome of love?
Lecture with Dr Jakob Heller / University of Halle
From William Shakespeare and Nicolas Poussin to Martin Opitz and Salomon Geßner and Novalis, the artistic imagination was repeatedly ignited by the dream landscape of Arcadia. It was Virgil who was the first to have shepherds rest and sing in Arcadia - in reality a stretch of land in the Peloponnese - in his poems. But how could the barren landscape become the epitome of love, leisure and song? And what was it about shepherds making music that fascinated the poets and artists of Europe so much? The lecture aims to make the fascination and charisma of Arcadia comprehensible through selected stations of European cultural history.
From William Shakespeare and Nicolas Poussin to Martin Opitz and Salomon Geßner and Novalis, the artistic imagination was repeatedly ignited by the dream landscape of Arcadia. It was Virgil who was the first to have shepherds rest and sing in Arcadia - in reality a stretch of land in the Peloponnese - in his poems. But how could the barren landscape become the epitome of love, leisure and song? And what was it about shepherds making music that fascinated the poets and artists of Europe so much? The lecture aims to make the fascination and charisma of Arcadia comprehensible through selected stations of European cultural history.
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- Bad weather offerfor all weathersTarget group young peopleTarget group adultsTarget group seniorsfor individual guests
- entrance free
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Friday 21.10.22 19:00 - 20:30
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