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Place, time and movement: a new look at Renaissance gardens

Place, time and movement: a new look at Renaissance gardens Abstract This article is an attempt to analyse the art of garden design from both an anthropological and phenomenological perspective.1 The historical garden is an aesthetic and cultural work of art reflecting the artistic and intellectual environment in which it was created. The historical garden is also, however, quite simply a garden. It is worth considering how a garden relates to the place in which it was created, how time passes through it and what happens when someone enters into it. This article looks at Renaissance gardens within this context, making use of texts dating mostly from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries consisting of fragments from guides on how to create a residence with a garden. It also makes reference to descriptions of gardens and to literary works.2 The aim of the author was to find an answer to the question of how, by applying this method, one can enhance our knowledge of the garden as not just a phenomenon, but also, more decidedly, consider gardens in a given historical epoch — in this instance, the Renaissance. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes Taylor & Francis

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Taylor & Francis
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1943-2186
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1460-1176
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10.1080/14601176.2006.10435466
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Abstract

Abstract This article is an attempt to analyse the art of garden design from both an anthropological and phenomenological perspective.1 The historical garden is an aesthetic and cultural work of art reflecting the artistic and intellectual environment in which it was created. The historical garden is also, however, quite simply a garden. It is worth considering how a garden relates to the place in which it was created, how time passes through it and what happens when someone enters into it. This article looks at Renaissance gardens within this context, making use of texts dating mostly from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries consisting of fragments from guides on how to create a residence with a garden. It also makes reference to descriptions of gardens and to literary works.2 The aim of the author was to find an answer to the question of how, by applying this method, one can enhance our knowledge of the garden as not just a phenomenon, but also, more decidedly, consider gardens in a given historical epoch — in this instance, the Renaissance.

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Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jul 1, 2006

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