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  • Saturday, October 23, 1:30 pm – Gardens for American Institutions: Reflections from Recent Practices

    The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s Landscape Visions lectures for 2010/2011 begins Saturday, October 23 at 1:30 pm in the Tapestry Room with a presentation by Laurie Olin, landscape architect, author, and teacher, who has won numerous awards for his urban projects, including the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), the redesign of Columbus Circle in Manhattan, and Bryant Park.

    Formerly treasure boxes turned inward, American museums and cultural institutions have made dramatic shifts in their perceptions of themselves and social engagement. Now they are connected both architecturally and socially with their place in the world, often through ambitious and welcoming landscapes.  Olin reflects on this evolution and presents work by his firm for museums and libraries over the last thirty years.

    Tickets are $15 for the general public, $12 Seniors, $5 members, and free for students, and may be purchased online at www.gardnermuseum.org. The Landscape Visions lecture series is made possible by a bequest from Jeanne Muller Ryan.

  • Saturday, March 20, 1:30 pm – The Monumental Landscape: New Ways of Remembering

    Patrick Chasse, Landscape Curator of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, enchanted us with his talk at last Fall’s Boston Committee Annual Meeting.  He will speak again on Saturday, March 20, beginning at 1:30 pm, as part of the Landscape Visions Lecture Series at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway in Boston.

    Many of the most powerful modern memorials to individuals, groups, and even ideas are landscapes — like Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial. The profound connections of humans and their cultures to landscapes forge a timeless link to our memories. Landscape Visions Lecture are made possible by a bequest from Jeanne Muller Ryan. Tickets are $15 General Public, $12 Seniors, $5 Museum Members, and Free for Students.  For more information, or to purchase tickets in advance, call 617-566-1401, or log on to www.gardnermuseum.org.

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  • Saturday, October 24, 1:30 pm – Living in Paradise: Heian Paradise Gardens

    We all live in two worlds: the natural and the symbolic. Our expectations, memories, and the reality of death play a significant role in our lives. There is a rich landscape tradition that evokes many natural and symbolic responses to our ephemeral existence, the afterlife, burial customs, and memorialization. In five programs from October 2009 through March 2010, a series entitled “The Landscape of Eternity” explores some of the ideas and expressions of these landscapes of memory. The Landscape Visions Lecture Series is made possible by a bequest from Jeanne Muller Ryan.  The first program, on October 24, in the Tapestry Room of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, will be given by garden designer and historian Marc Peter Keane.

    In Heian Japan, Amida Buddha’s Western Paradise was recreated in elaborate estate and temple gardens. Within this symbolic landscape, the image of Amida Buddha was enshrined in a hall set on the shore of a pond. Marc Peter Keane explores several of these gardens and their role as a paradise on earth. Tickets: $15 General Public; $12 Seniors; $5 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Members; FREE for Students.  Tickets may be purchased on line at www.gardnermuseum.org, or by calling 617-566-1401. Image: Scenes from the Tale of Genji (detail), 1677; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    Genji screen detail - Landscape Visions Lecture