| Unit name | The Victorian Garden (1820-1890) |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ARCHM0116 |
| 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 Victorian gardens and landscapes, both public and private, of the period 1820 to 1890. It begins with a return to formality instigated by William Eden Nesfield and Charles Barry, where horticulture fuses with architecture, and then ranges through the great advances in technology, by engineers like Charles Fowler and Joseph Paxton, to the revival of interest in modest cottage gardens. Country house layouts feature with the new focus of the landscape park as a setting for political rallies, but the main emphasis is on urban parks, cemeteries and botanical gardens. The Unit aims to chronicle the diverse forms of Victorian historicism in architecture and landscape.
