'From Ham House to the Pineapples of Groombridge Place: Locating The Draughtsman’s Contract'

Mark Broughton

'From Ham House to the Pineapples of Groombridge Place: Locating The Draughtsman’s Contract'

Mark Broughton

School of Creative Arts

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Abstract

Much has been written about Peter Greenaway’s The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982), but the film’s garden mise-en-scène has not been analysed in detail. My paper will trace its development from script to screen and discuss the ways in which Greenaway’s detailed research inflected the film’s landscape iconography. In doing so, it will present an archaeological model for analysing the aesthetics of screen landscape gardens.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2010
Event	'Art and Landscape: interdisciplinary perspectives' - The Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Duration: 18 May 2010 → …

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Conference	'Art and Landscape: interdisciplinary perspectives'
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Reading
Period	18/05/10 → …

Keywords

The Draughtsman's Contract
Peter Greenaway
Picturesque
Groombridge Place
Ham House
Landscape Gardens
Land Art
Structural Film
Art History
Aesthetics
British Cinema

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