English Garden[英语论文].docVIP

Ⅰ. Introduction I studied, in this short thesis, mainly about the English garden; its historical background, its process of formation, its aesthetical garden theory and its function over the progress of English society. From those who had exerted influence over garden theory through their thoughts and ideas, we can get a basic understanding of the interrelationship between garden arts and poetic arts, and of course fine arts, specifically paintings. For it was always those who had achieved accomplishments in other artistic areas that made great efforts to facilitate the emergence of new garden styles and fresh garden theory, thus pushing forward the development of the garden as art. I want to attach importance to the philosophical thoughts reflected in garden design which was synchronized with the history of European thoughts, with neo-Platonism and rationalism, widely accepted first in the renaissance period but later replaced by romanticism, and its coexistence, namely, empiricism, which had the same aesthetic pursuing. Respectively, they are the philosophical foundation for geometrical gardens and natural gardens. The English Garden, an important aspect of English culture and society, owns its unique characteristic formed within its prolonged history over several hundreds of years. It has exerted profound influence over the lifestyle of the English man, especially the upper-class, and, to be exact, the spirit of nobility, of their custom and rustic tendency. Ⅱ. Brief Introduction to English Garden History 2.1 Timeline of the European Garden The history of the European garden can be traced back to ancient Greece. Gardens built then were only imitations of farmland or natural land modified and changed by human beings. They were designed into symmetrical patterns and conformed tightly to the geometrical theory which was the mainstream of garden designing for 2000 years. The primary representatives of the western style garden were ancient Egyptian and ancient Gree