On 3 February at 18:00 UK time, ARTES will hold the next seminar series in collaboration with the Zurbarán Centre. Dr Martin Sorowka will deliver his talk entitled, ‘Artistry, Artifice and Accuracy in British Artists’ Drawings of Seville’.
Please email artesiberia@gmail.com for a link to join.
For more about this publication please visit the link below:-
https://www.ceeh.es/en/publicacion/british-travellers-in-seville-their-drawings-1715-1854/
Abstract
The talk relates to Dr Martin Paul Sorowka’s recently published book British
Travellers in Seville, & their drawings 1715-1854 (CEEH, Instituto Ceán Bermúdez,
ARTES, 2025). Surely an artist on their foreign travels would faithfully set down on
paper the view before their eyes? But no, this is not always so. Focussing on the
Andalusian city of Seville, Sorowka’s talk examines the consequential drawings of
renowned hispanophile artists John Frederick Lewis, David Roberts and John Phillip
to show why historians should treat their work with caution. He will introduce three
unknown amateurs: Cecilia Montgomery, John Gardner Wilkinson and Nathaniel
Armstrong Wells to whom historians should turn to find more trustworthy
representations of the city’s architectural heritage.
About the speaker
Dr Martin Paul Sorowka AFRHistS belongs to the research group HUM976.
‘Expregrafica’, Place, Architecture and Drawing at Seville University, and has
recently published his doctoral thesis with CEEH, Instituto Ceán Bermúdez, and
ARTES as British Travellers in Seville, & their drawings 1715-1854. His archival
research evidences new diverse cross-cultural narratives of artists and travellers in
Spain and the Maghreb, and how knowledge and meaning become embodied in
their written and visual depictions of architecture.
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