| Unit name | The Edwardian Garden (1890-1914) |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ARCHM0114 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Emeritus Professor. Mowl |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This Unit will concentrate on the architectural gardens of the period from 1890 to 1914. it begins with the cottage gardens inspired by William Robinson and ranges through the work of Reginald Blomfield, Inigo Triggs and Harold Peto. Their aesthetic significance is considerable as many involve the work of an architect of the calibre of Edwin Lutyens and a partnership as creative as that which he formed with Gertrude Jekyll. These gardens were reflections of the social and political tenor of their times, the stages on which the 'Souls', led by Arthur Balfour, lived out their exotic and dangerously unreal lives.
