THE IMAGINARY ORIENT. EXOTIC BUILDINGS OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES IN EUROPE

In the 18th century the idea of the landscape garden, which had originated in England, spread all over Europe. The geometry of the B aroque park was abandoned in favour of a »natural« design. At thesame time the garden became the »land of illusion«: Chinese pagodas , Egyptian tombs and Turkish mosques, along with Gothic stables and Greek and Roman temples, formed a miniature world in whichdistan ce mingled with the past.For us, the significance of many of the buildings described in this book lies less in their aesthetic quali ties tha...[Read more]