Tag Archives: renaissance gardens

apollo rising

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Dave

The belief that paradise was up ahead, always just out of reach, had never wavered during the relentless rise of European secularism since the sixteenth century. From then until now, the tenacious grip of the symbolism of the paradise myth … Continue reading →

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how grows your garden: vegetable patch kids

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Dave

Andre Le Notre laid out many noble gardens which soon became world famous. Versailles in particular was envied by every prince in Europe. And in the century and more that followed, these royal gardens were copied all over the civilized … Continue reading →

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gardens of magnificence

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Dave

We have no idea what the Garden of Eden resembled. Painters have generally rendered it as a flowering green background to highlight Eve’s white nakedness. What we do know is that humanity from the start has delighted in gardens. In … Continue reading →

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more than plants looking for a home

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Dave

The great change in European gardens came with the Renaissance , that sudden astonishing growth of man’s spirit which carried him forward into the daylight of intellectual confidence. He is no longer comforted with the little shut-in plots that have … Continue reading →