Pyramids or similar to pyramid-like forms in the early English landscape design in gardens like Cirencester, Castle Howard, Stowe, Rousham, Studley Royal, Castle Hill, appeared at very early stage, long before the later eighteenth century archaeological explorations of ancient civilizations, thus is sometimes understood as an expression of freemasonry ideals of the garden's owners.
She found out
there is an interesting link between the landscape garden in
England 1710 and 1730 and the period of the European Enlightenment and diffusion
of Freemasonry in England and Europe.
In this
period many landowners and intellectuals were freemasons. Also many famous
figures like Alexander Pope, Arbuthnot, Edward Harley, the Earl of
Chesterfield, James Addison, Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift, James Thomson,
Lord Burlington, Lord Cobham, William Stuckley, Lord Montague, Voltaire and Montesquieu.
She also discovered that as Freemasonry
develops in this period of time a focus for intellectuals, politicians, the
gentry, artists and architects, as natural result there was an exchange of beliefs, aesthetic
values and ideas between English and European intellectuals. Those
intellectuals who had links with freemasonry secret society or were part of it, were
also strongly linked with the development of the arts, including landscape
architecture.
Don't you think it would be interesting to research the connections between Freemasonry and the early English landscape garden?
Don't you think it would be interesting to research the connections between Freemasonry and the early English landscape garden?
Below
photos were taken during Floriade garden show 2012. This interesting and pretty
construction that adds interest to the flat surface of the garden, clearly revokes pyramids. Does it have any other meaning?
What do you
think?
Interesting! That's the kind of garden I would want to spend a few hours viewing, and reflect on the meaning and the design. I like it, but I think I would need some time to figure out why, and what the symbolism and meanings are. Thanks for sharing!
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