HORT 115 HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN
One purpose of this course is to expose learners to different garden styles as well as appraise the evolution of landscape design from 2000 B.C. to the present. Learners will be able to identify and analyze design trends to identify and analyze design trends in ancient and modern landscape architecture.
To help you learn and understand the events and landscape features, you can link to the following sites for information.
Week 1
Ancient Gardens
Garden Plants
Mesopotamia
Ancient Landscapes
Old Garden Themes
Islamic Gardens
Iran Isfahan
Cities
of Persia
Week 2
Medieval Gardens
Pliny the Elder
Week 3
Spanish and Renaissance Italian Gardens
Old Spanish
Gardens
Spain Cordoba
Italian Gardens
Francesco Petrarch
Cosimo I de Medici
Palazzo Vecchio
Villa La
Petraia
Medici Family
Week 4
Renaissance French Gardens
Week 5
Germanic and English Gardens
Germanic Gardens
Renaissance
English Gardens
18th Century
English Gardens
Garden at Winterbourne
Gertrude
Jekyll
More Jekyll
Week 6
North American Gardens
Colonial
Gardens
California
New California Garden Chris
Jacobson
Balboa Park
Midwest American Garden Design
General Garden Links
Japanese
Gardens
Field Locations (Map Quest)
Huntington Library and Gardens