| CODE | BST1007 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | The Baroque Garden | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | History of Architecture | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The aim of this study unit is to discuss the dialogue which existed after 1600 between splendid Baroque palaces and man-made landscapes, now expressed in the form of carefully planned and maintained gardens and garden furniture. The Versailles experiment and the two contradictory concepts of landscape design resulting from a need to create a garden of geometric form which would relate to the new urban order and the need to create a garden which would simply be a demarcated area for organic natural growth will be examined in the context of landscape designs in several countries, focussing on Italy, France and England. Method of Teaching: 14 seminars of 60 min each, backed by discussions and site visits. Reading List: - Jellicoe, G & Jellicoe, S, The landscape of man: shaping the environment from prehistory to the present day, London 1995. - R. Harbison, Reflections on Baroque, London 2000. - N.T. Newton, Design on the Land, Harvard University Press 1971. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Simona Rossi |
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