Landscape and Historry : Garden art History

Duration

36h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Nathalie De Harlez De Deulin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Overview of the history of gardens from the aniquity to the present day, with particular focus upon the periods, the places and/or the personalities associated with the birth of a style or a way of composition, in particular:
- the Roman antiquity : the imperial urban villa - the villa rustica ;
- the Middle Age  : the enclosed garden (hortus conclusus) - the "jardin d'Amour courtois" - the monastery garden ; 
- the Renaissance : the antique and mannerist garden in Italy - the renaissance garden in France and in the Low countries ;
- the baroque era : the French garden in France, bith and developements in France and diffusion through Europe;
- the Enlightenments (18th century): the English garden (picturesque and Naturalistic style) in England and their developments in Europe (English garden, anglo-chinese garden, picturesque, and "goût mélangé");
- the 19th century: the landscape garden, the emergence of the urban "promenade" (example of Paris) and the public urban park in Europe and America;
- the 20th century: back to tradition (french garden, italian garden, Arts and Crafts garden), the modern movements, the city garden ; 
- the Post-War era : international contemporary tredns and new concerns in artistic, ecologic and social matters. 
Development of a series of related themes, in particular:
- the symbolic system of the garden planning (the narrative garden) ; - the relationship between architecture and gardens; - methods of transmitting knowledge (horticultural and botanical techniques, etc.) through herbariums, litterary texts and techniques, treaties, iconographic representations (drawings, engravings, paintings, etc.) ; - bringing to the fore contributors (practitioners, theorists, partners and owners,  etc.) ; - the garden as a vehicle for schools of thoughts and philosophical trends.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the course, students should have mastered: - specific, typological and technical vocabulary (see: glossary); - historical data enabling them to position a garden in its stylistic, historical and sociological context; - knowledge of styles and their constitutive elements through theoretical works and treaties of contemporary composition as well as their transmission according to eras, countries and/or regions; - taking into consideration major creators : architects, gardeners, artists (supporting examples); - bibliographical and iconographical sources in relation to the evolution of tastes and styles since the Renaissance period.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Illustrated theory course (slides and Powerpoint presentations).
Individual work or in group : lecture of gardener litterature / study of historic gardens considering its particular values : cultural, historic, aesthétic, scientific, landscape and hydraulic) / reflexif work about a visit or a study day.
Visits of historic parks and gardens or participation to scientific study days followed by a reflexif work. 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

Lectures and visits on sites.
Participation to thematic study day in relation with the history of gardens and landscape.
Looking at a selection of documentary films on line. 

Recommended or required readings

Syllabus, course notes and Power point presentations.
Essential reading - collection of foundation texts: BARIDON M., Les jardins. paysagistes - jardiniers - poètes, Paris, R. Laffont, 1998 (Bouquins) - Dictionaries: CHATENET M. & MOSSER M. (dir.), Jardin. Vocabulaire typologique et technique, Paris, éd. du Patrimoine, 2000 (Principles of scientific analysis). - THEBAUD Ph. & CAMUS A., Dicovert. Dictionnaire des jardins et paysages, Ris-Orangis, Ed. Arcature, 1993.
- History of gardens: Philosophies du jardin, Hors série Le Point/Référence - les textes fondateurs, avril-mai 2019. - BARIDON M., Le jardin paysager anglais au dix-huitième siècle, Dijon, éd. universitaires, 2000 (coll. U. 21). - MOSSER M. & TEYSSOT G. (dir.), Histoire des jardins de la Renaissance à nos jours, Paris, Flammarion, 1991. - VERCELLONI M. &  V., L'invention du jardin occidental, Rouergue, éd. du Rouergue, 2009 (translated from Italian). - Approche pratique : MITCHELL A., Arbres de France et d'Europe occidentale, Paris, Arthaud, 1982.
Recommended reading - History of gardens: - SAUDAN M. & SAUDAN-SKIRA, De folies en folies : la découverte du monde des jardins, Paris, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1987. - BRUNON H. & MOSSER M., Le jardin contemporain. Renouveau, expériences et enjeux, Paris, éd. Scala, 2006 (Selected paintings). - CORTESI I., Parcs publics. Paysages 1985-2000, Arles, Actes Sud, 2000 (translated from Italian). - WILSON A., Paysagistes. Ceux qui ont marqué le siècle, Octopus France / Hachette Livre, 2003 (translated from English). - DE HARLEZ DE DEULIN N., Parcs et jardins historiques de Wallonie, IPW, 2008 (Patrimoine de Wallonie). - CORAJOUD M., Le paysage c'est l'endroit où la terre et le ciel se touchent, Paris, Actes Sud/ENSP, 2010.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Additional information:

Lectures of texts of Garden lirtterature 
Analysis of historic gardens or reflexif work 
Oral examination
Criteria : see learning outcomes
A global final  note (oral proof + individual or group exercice ) of 10/20 is required for the academic success (1rst session).
The exercises are not improvable between two sessions.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

For visits and works on site, rendez-vous on site.

Contacts

Nathalie de Harlez de Deulin ndeharlezdedeulin@uliege.be
 

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