Looks like this event has already ended.
Check out upcoming events by this organiser, or organise your very own event.
'Ready-made Archaeology: Robert Adam and the Culzean Viaduct' lecture by Nick HaynesRCAHMSTuesday, 9 October 2012 from 13:00 to 14:00 (BST)Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
|
Event Details
RCAHMS Lunchtime Lectures
Come and find out more about Scotland’s architecture, archaeology and industry in our series of lunchtime lectures. Open to all and free of charge, these lectures are presented by experts in their field on a wide range of subjects.
Held in the RCAHMS Conference Room, the lectures start at 1pm and last for up to 1 hour including time for questions.
Speaker
Nick Haynes, freelance historic buildings consultant, will cover Robert Adam's lesser-known role in the design of the landscape at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, where the house and garden were conceived as a spectacular integrated whole. At Culzean, perhaps more than any other commission, Adam was given free rein to bring his private fantasy world of picturesque castles, bridges, ruins and dramatic rocky landscapes to life. The talk will focus on the creation of the most magnificent of the landscape features, the faux 'ruinous' arch and viaduct that form the main approach to the house, and examine the practical and picturesque concerns that shaped their location and appearance.
We want you!
We are currently putting together the lecture schedule for 2012. If you would like to present one of these lectures please get in touch with philip.graham@rcahms.gov.uk.
Website http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/rcahms-lunchtime-lectures.html
Facebook http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/facebook
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/rcahms
When & Where
RCAHMS
John Sinclair House
16 Bernard Terrace
EH8 9NX Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Tuesday, 9 October 2012 from 13:00 to 14:00 (BST)
Add to my calendar
Organiser
RCAHMS
The ten things you need to know about RCAHMS:
- We look after an archive of many millions of photographs, maps, drawings and documents about buildings and landscapes, from prehistory to the present day. They are all available for your personal or commercial use and can be browsed, copied or purchased both in person or online.
- Our survey teams travel across Scotland, from St Abbs to St Kilda, to investigate, photograph and record our changing architecture and archaeology, both on the ground and from the air.
- Our expert staff are passionate about their work and love to share it through talks, publications, exhibitions and our award-winning community outreach programmes.
- We add around 100,000 new items to our Collection every year, including archaeological and architectural drawings as well as aerial and historic photographs. They come from our survey teams, as deposits from organisations and businesses, and as personal gifts and bequests.
- Our National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP) has over 1.6 million images of Scotland, and many millions of military aerial intelligence photographs from across the globe. One of the largest and most important collections of its kind in the world, it is used in everything from television documentaries to bomb disposal work.
- The web services we deliver receive over one million hits every day.
- Our searchable website Canmore provides information on more than 300,000 places in Scotland, with over 150,000 digital images. You can also add your own imagery and knowledge to Canmore.
- We deliver the learning website Scran to over 4,000 institutions, giving students, teachers, library users and members of the public access to 360,000 images, video and audio from museums, galleries, archives and the media.
- You can buy any of the images from our Collection through our online sales service, and use them in your home or business, in books or magazines, or even on television programmes.
- We are a charitable enterprise – all our income goes back into developing the National Collection, and making it accessible and available to you.