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    English Gardens: Landscape Architecture Semester 6

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    The document summarizes the emergence and characteristics of English landscape gardens in the early 18th century. Key points: - English landscape gardens replaced the formal, symmetrical French style and were inspired by landscape paintings, featuring winding paths, clusters of trees, and irregularly shaped lakes and lawns. - William Kent is considered the father of the English garden; he introduced the new naturalistic style after being influenced by landscapes in Italy. - Elements included recreations of classical buildings, bridges, stonework, and groves of trees with paths allowing visitors to wander through the landscape. The style emphasized an appreciation of natural scenery.

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    The document summarizes the emergence and characteristics of English landscape gardens in the early 18th century. Key points: - English landscape gardens replaced the formal, symmetrical French style and were inspired by landscape paintings, featuring winding paths, clusters of trees, and irregularly shaped lakes and lawns. - William Kent is considered the father of the English garden; he introduced the new naturalistic style after being influenced by landscapes in Italy. - Elements included recreations of classical buildings, bridges, stonework, and groves of trees with paths allowing visitors to wander through the landscape. The style emphasized an appreciation of natural scenery.

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    ENGLISH GARDENS

    LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
    SEMESTER 6
    ABOUT

     The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply


    the English garden  is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in England
     in the early 18th century,
     It spread across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical française of
    the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe.[1] The English
    garden presented an idealized view of nature.
     It drew inspiration from paintings of landscapes by Claude Lorrain and 
    Nicolas Poussin
      It also had a major influence on the form of the public parks and gardens
    which appeared around the world in the 19th century.[3] The English
    landscape garden was centred on the English country house.
    WILLIAM KENT- Father of English gardens

    CONCEPT

      In the early years of 18th century ,


    the Artist and Designer William Kent
    began to compose gardens look like
    landscape paintings.
     Kent is recognised as the Father
    of the English landscape garden
    and a pioneer of picturesque
    WILLIAM KENT
     William Kent (1685–1748) was an architect, painter and furniture designer who
    introduced Palladian style architecture to England.
     Kent's inspiration came from Palladio's buildings in the Veneto and the
    landscapes and ruins around Rome—he lived in Italy from 1709 to 1719, and
    brought back many drawings of antique architecture and landscapes.
     His gardens were designed to complement the Palladian architecture of the
    houses he built.

    EXAMPLES
     Chiswick House
     Rousham
     Stowe House
    WHAT DID THE PAINTINGS HAVE IN THEM
    BEFORE ENGLISH GARDENS

    • Before English garden most garden was arranged in French or Dutch style .
    Straight avenues & paths and water contained symmetrically shaped basin

    ENGLISH GARDENS
    • The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the
    English garden
    • It is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in England in the early 18th
    century.
    • These English garden replaced more formal, symmetrical jardin à la française
    of the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe.
    CHARACTERISTICS

    • Lines were no longer straight, paths curve and wander, and parterres are
    replaced by grass.

    • Trees were planted in clusters rather than in straight lines, and rounded lakes
    replaced the rectangular ponds of the earlier style.

    • Before the introduction of English landscape, nature was viewed as


    dangerous , cranky .

    • The English landscape completely changed this view to appreciate and value
    the natural world.
    ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GARDEN

     RECREATION OF CLASSIC BUILDINGS


     BRIDGES
     NATURAL STONES
     COBBLE STONES
     PANELS AND WATTLE EDGING
    LAKES
    • There was always a lake in the English gardens, most were man-made but
    all appeared to be natural forming basins.
    • Their edges were meandering and irregular and often had pathways weaving
    through the trees and close to the water’s edge.

    ROLLING LAWNS
     rolling lawn topography allowed visitorrs for surprises as they come around
    mounds or niches
     TREE GROOVES
    Tree groves - were spread throughout the landscape with paths that allowed the
    gardens users to wander in and out of the groves and provide a view of rolling
    lawns against mass tree plantings.

    HAHA WALL
    The purpose of ha ha wall was to separate garden from the grazing land but was
    invisible from a distance . Cattle could be kept securely in their fields without
    the use of hedges or fences to interrupt the view

    GROTTOS
    Grottos were used as hide outs.
    They were manmade but build to resemble a dark natural forming cave.
     EXAMPLE: GARDEN OF ROSHAM HOUSE

    REFERENCE: https://www.slideshare.net/ABHISHEKTHEHUSTLER/english-landscape-
    gardens-by-abhishek-chhonkar

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