Landscape and Garden Design in History

UNIT 3

GARDEN DESIGN IN HISTORY

 Landscape and garden design in history

 Garden design in French
 Garden design in English
 Garden design in Japanese, Renaissance
 Garden design in Mughal

“ ART IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS . HOWEVER NEW

CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CREATE
A WORK OF ART WITHOUT ANTECEDENTS. THE CHALLENGE OF
HISTORY IS NOT WHETHER IT SHOULD BE STUDIED, BUT RATHER

THE INTERPRETATION OF WHAT IS CONSTANT AND THEREFORE
ALIVE TODAY . ALL DESIGN THEREFORE DERIVES FROM
IMPRESSIONS OF THE PAST, CONSCIOUS OR SUBCONSCIOUS AND IN

THE MODERN COLLECTIVE LANDSCAPE FROM THE HISTORICAL
GARDENS ”

HISTORIC STYLES OF GARDEN DESIGN
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ENCLOSED STYLE of garden design pre 1600 AD
FRENCH STYLE of garden design 1650-1750 AD
FOREST STYLE of garden design 1600-1750 AD
AUGUSTAN STYLE of garden design 1725-1750 AD
SERPENTINE STYLE of garden design 1750- 1790 AD
PICTURESQUE STYLE of garden design 1790-1900 AD
LANDSCAPE STYLE of garden design 1800-1940 AD
MIXED/ECLECTIC STYLE of garden design 1810-1910 AD
ITALIAN REVIVAL STYLE of garden design 1830-1930 AD
GARDENESQUE STYLE of garden design 1830-1930 AD
ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE of garden design 1880-1980 AD
ABSTRACT STYLE of garden design 1920-2000 AD
POSTMODERN STYLE of garden design 1980-2000 AD

GARDEN DESIGN IN HISTORY
•The history of gardening extends across at least 4,000 years of human civilization.
Egyptian tomb paintings of the 1500s BC are some of the earliest physical evidence of ornamental horticulture and landscape design; they depict lotus ponds surrounded by symmetrical rows of acacias and palms.
•Another ancient gardening tradition is of Persia: Darius the Great was said to have had a
"paradise garden" and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were renowned as a Wonder of the World.
•Persian gardens were also organized symmetrically, along a center line known as an axis.

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In Europe,