The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace has a lovely show but
soon to finish!
‘Gardens are where
man and nature meet’ is the opening sentence in one of the displays comprising Painting Paradise: The Art of the Garden.
This delightfully curated exhibition reveals the way in
which gardens have been celebrated in art across four centuries. Paintings, botanical studies,
drawings, books, manuscripts and decorative arts make this a rich experience. My favourite pieces were a pair
of sundials, almost ignored by others, desperate to get close to all this gorgeous
fare.
We enjoyed works by Leonardo da Vinci, Maria Sibylla Merian
and Carl Fabergé, and some of the earliest and rarest surviving depictions of
gardens and plants.
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| The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace - super sundials |
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