Granziera, Patrizia (1996) The ideology of the English landscape garden 1720-1750. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

My topic is the genesis of the English landscape garden 1720-1750. This
was developed in Britain in the first half of the eighteenth century and has been
called "emblematic or learned", since the visitor was expected to decipher its
various meanings. These were often communicated through buildings, sculptures
and inscriptions, and cumulatively conveyed through the sequences in which these
features were arranged.
While historians have studied the iconography of some of those gardens
(notably Stowe) in depth, there are areas which, though acknowledged, have yet
to be dealt with thoroughly. These include the well-known "Chinese" connection,
the details of the gardens' political status, the significance of the Venetian aspect
of the Palladian revival, and the role of Freemasonry and masonic ideas. In this
dissertation my aim has been to explore these various aspects showing how, if
considered all together, they can help us to better understand the different
meanings of the early landscape garden.
In the introduction I give a description of the early English landscape
gardens. In the first part I discuss the importance of the Chinese gardens for the
origins of the "idea of irregularity" in the new style of garden. Then in the second
part I go on to investigate the eighteenth century political background and its
connections with the architecture of the early landscape garden discussing the
influence that the surviving myth of Venice had on Neo-Palladianism. Finally, I
examine whether the garden contained buildings that could reflect masonic moral
and architectural concepts.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SB Plant culture
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Landscape gardening -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Official Date:	September 1996
Dates:	Date Event September 1996 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of History of Art
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Rosenthal, Michael
Sponsors:	International Federation of University Women
Extent:	xiv, 389 leaves
Language:	eng

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