8/19/2023 0 Comments Reddit yu garden![]() ![]() Floating stairs are a common modern Western motif. The flourishing of water, spilling in quantity down the terraced hillsides now selected for garden sites, provided motion and sound in a variety of moods. The implementation of staircases rather than ramps, was a new concept altogether to in the world of Garden Design. Italian Renaissance has lot of ideas, which cause an admiration with this era. Species were suggestive enough for this cause – Mary’s purity: white lilies, Divine love: red roses, strawberries, Trinity: trefoil leaves. There focus was lesser towards ornamentation and more towards notions such as symbolic presence. The environment, joyous lifestyle and inhabitable essence were evident in Castle Gardens. The Castle Gardens did not have much to share with the world of Garden Design – although the qualities that they possessed could only be seen in paintings, which came through miniaturists and tapestry designers. Usage of stone materials carved into dragons and limestone boulders were integral to Shibusa (the Japanese word for quiet and refined taste). Despite this quality they maintained balance in all of their designs – through the creation of a careful visual balance existent from all areas. When envisaging the Japanese regime, the prime ideas that clicked involved the lack of symmetry. The presence of intimacy and lack of monumentality and symmetry gave fresh ideas and inspiration to Europeans for the 18th century gardens they designed. Another aspect, which attracted me, was on how they utilized rocks – they used rocks as Europeans used statues. The Chinese character for garden had always been a combination of two words – land and water. Their design was always planned as a series of pictures like a scroll painting. When I was introduced to Chinese Garden Design and Heritage, it was amazement to me that they did not involve any strict formulas like most of the other eras – Mughal etc. Their building of ramps rather than staircases, and walkways acting as a circumference in the outer periphery. Rock formaitons at the Yu garden, Shanghai Image: WikimediaĮvaluating the Greek time period – the most specific factors that I feel are important are that of trees used as a component to highlight important areas, container growing, reflection or borrowing of plant shapes, and most importantly the creation of meditation areas and gathering spaces. Articulating the Roman Epoch, the most vibrant ideas to me were the distinction they created between food crops and the overall plan – moving forward from the Egyptian traditions that had these elements in simultaneousness. Reviewing Egyptian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Chinese, Japanese, Monastery and Castle Gardens, the Italian Renaissance, there are a few ideas, which interest me particularly, from each of these time periods. Viewing the spectrum – commencing from Egyptian Gardens, perhaps the most interesting factor from this time period were the methods of irrigation, water ditches, pavilions, arbours, formal and geometric layouts, multiplicity and unison of flowering, fruit and herbal plants – utility plus beauty.ĭiscussing Persian Gardens, the main highlights were the design, which included water they used for irrigation and for serenity, shade for coolness and shelter, flowers for color and fragrance – sense of smell, and music to delight the ear. Garden Design has evolved through time, and due to the intermingling differential factors, such as the terrain at which citizens used to dwell, type of plants/crops a certain era which used to be grown, water as a utility and a decorative factor in the garden design space etc. ![]()
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