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I am an Academic Tutor for University of Cambridge ICE for whom I act as Course Director for their international, virtual and residential courses. Academic but not dry, I love to present the courses and then actively engage in discussions through various forums.

https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/tutor/caroline-holmes
Nature as art or art as nature?

Capability Brown and Thomas Gainsborough

Profitable, artistic and moral landscapes in 18th-century England.  The legacy of Brown ‘earthmover’ who made estates into profitable landscapes - and Gainsborough an originator English landscape painting. Country boys who enjoyed elite patronage.  Science, the arts and political allegiances provided strong networks. 

https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/capability-brown-and-thomas-gainsborough-nature-art-or-art-natureut more
Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands
International Summer Programme Live 2022

Castles, Palaces and Houses of Queen Elizabeth II

Official or private domain, Princess or Queen, her royal dwellings have provided a backdrop for fashions, tastes and social mores, expressed in their architecture and gardens. Explore designs and settings of royal residences such as the castles of Windsor and Balmoral, Buckingham Palace, and Sandringham House.

https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/courses/international-summer-programmes

Designing Georgian Britain – 18th century consuming passions

Cultivating British tastes from 1714 to 1830 during the reigns of four King Georges. Patrons such as Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, architects William Kent and Robert Adam. Landscapers Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and Humphry Repton. Not forgetting the artist Gainsborough and furniture maker Chippendale. 

https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/courses/international-summer-programmes
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