Garden Delight
by Kay Novy
Title
Garden Delight
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Plot of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, vegetables, or trees are cultivated. The earliest surviving detailed garden plan is Egyptian and dates from about 1400 BC; it shows tree-lined avenues and rectangular ponds. Mesopotamian gardens were places where shade and cool water could be enjoyed; Hellenistic gardens were conspicuously luxurious in their display of precious materials, a tradition carried over by Byzantine gardens. Islamic gardens made use of water, often in pools and fed by narrow canals resembling irrigation channels.
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In Renaissance Europe, gardens reflected confidence in human ability to impose order on the external world; Italian gardens emphasized the unity of house and garden. French 17th-century gardens were rigidly symmetrical, and French cultural dominance in Europe popularized this style into the next century. In 18th-century England, increasing awareness of the natural world led to the development of natural gardens that made use of irregular, nonsymmetrical layouts. Chinese gardens have generally harmonized with the natural landscape, and have employed rocks gathered from great distances as a universal decorative feature.
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Early Japanese gardens imitated Chinese principles; later developments were the abstract garden, which might feature only sand and rocks, and miniature gardens made in trays
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February 17th, 2013
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Comments (30)
Robert Bales
It sure looks like a delightful place to in enjoy nature and very nicely presented!! v/f/t
Kay Novy
Thank you so very much, Shirley, "Colorful Floral Images" group, for the feature! Much appreciated!
Fortunate Findings Shirley Dickerson
Love the garden and colors and Welcome to Colorful Floral Images.
Janis Tafoya
Would like to be sitting there right now...v
Kay Novy replied:
Me too. Were getting a nice long rain today, should help all the spring flowers. Thanks Janis.
Will Borden
Looks like a great place to pause and sit for a time, Kay!!! F&V!
Kay Novy replied:
That it is, and sitting there I'm thinking which flower could I photograph next! Thanks Will.