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English Gardens & American Parks
English Gardens & American Parks
English Gardens & American Parks
The English landscape garden was usually centered on the English country house
ENGLISH GARDENS & LANDSCAPES
The 18th-century English garden was influenced by a desire to rid the
landscape of the rigid order indicative of French absolutism. These
forms were no longer appropriate in England after a constitutional
monarchy and a formalized parliamentary system were established
following the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
In the second half of the 18th century, English gardens became poetic
constructions.
ENGLISH GARDENS & LANDSCAPES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYUCUZ9YCdE
ENGLISH GARDENS & LANDSCAPES:
ENGLISH GARDENS & LANDSCAPES:
AMERICAN PARKS
CENTRAL PARK
The lake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z520TWV_4qw