Antique Garden Ornament Nimi Abstract Americans began to ornament their gardens in the early eighteen century, with the establishment of the great plantations of the Virginia tidewater and the estates of eastern Pennsylvania. These colonial landowners built handsome walls and gates, installed superb statuary and fountains, and arranged comfortable seating to give their grounds dignity and distraction. At the same time, New Englanders, too, began to beatify their gardens with elegant fencing, benches, and sundials. The creation of these early furnished gardens marked the beginning of a remarkable but little-known story, the history of American garden ornament. The two hundred years between 1740 and 1940 witnessed the creation of many important American gardens. This book will discuss the origins and development of American taste in terms of the ornament tha...
Eesti maaülikool Põllumajandus- ja keskkonnainstituut ANTIQUE GARDEN ORNAMENT: fountains Kadi Mõttus Tartu 2011 Book what I use: Israel, Barbara ,,Antique garden ornament: two centuries of american taste" 256 pages LR tehnikakirjanduse Barbara osak. 21p Israel 712.2 ISR Fountain pros: · Most compelling of garden ornaments · Make viewer think how it works · Beauty · Musical sound · The play of light Compelling mõjuv The idea comes from... ... crops irrigation! Ornamental fountains variations: · Freestanding tazza-form · Shallow · Bowl Shallow - madal Ornamental fountains variations: · The wall-mounted · Semiattached water ensemble · Fountain figure Another ornamental fountain variation: · The grotto Thomas Jefferson (1743 1826) · Plan for a naturalistic grot...
1. The Jacobean masque Elizabethan one nation culture, now cultural polarisation between the new courtly culture and the rest of the country. Court in cultural isolation. Ben Jonson. King and courtiers were close to universally recognised ideal types (conflict with the reality). Mysticism. Emergence of perspective view, stage machinery, artificial light, revolution. The stage cast the monarch in the focal point (the lines of perspective of the stage met there. Inigo Jones. Masque an educative vehicle, towards classical antiquity and architecture. Tide towards absolute monarchy. Masque – linked poetry and moral philosophy into art. Music, dance, poetry, lavish illusionistic scenic display to express the doctrines of divine kingship. Great impact. Like gods come down to earth. 2. The Caroline masque Charles decided on subject matter, and acted and danced in masques. Now the regal divinity even more obvious. Ben Jonson. Divine m...
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