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2. from the European Middle Ages
to
the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe
from the enclosed garden of an illuminated manuscript
to
the intimate and flowery garden of an impressionist painting
from the garden full of symbols in the Renaissance
to
the garden as theme and object of contemplation in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
5. lovely gardens, sublime gardens, romantic gardens, elegant gardens,
gardens of religious or secular inspiration ...
a great walk through gardens in the European pictorial tradition ...
6. The garden
medieval European
is generally a cloistered, enclosed garden, a place to withdraw from the world; it is a metaphor for the Garden of Eden, the terrestrial paradise.
The medieval garden gives rise to the theme of the ideal garden of courtly love, inspired by courtly romances and medieval chivalry novels.
The hortus conclusus is an iconographic theme of European religious art that plays a prominent role in the artistic representation of the Virgin Mary.
7. a walled garden ...
From a manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida (1339-1340).
Emilia sitting and weaving a wreath of flowers
and
Arcita and Palemone admire her from their prison window.
This image, though secular in subject matter, recalls images of the Virgin within
a walled garden--the hortus conclusus that symbolized her perpetual virginity.
Barthélémy d’Eyck or Barthélemy van Eyck
Emilia in the rose garden, Arcita and Palemone Admire Emilia in Her Garden (Boccaccio La Théséide)
Émilie dans son jardin (Boccaccio La Théséide)
Emilia en su jardín, Arcitas y Palemon observan a su enamorada, Emilia (Boccaccio La Théséide)
1460
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna
11. a courtly garden, a garden of love ...
the illumination for the ‘Romance of the Rose’, a medieval French poem
by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, an allegorical love poem;
a closed garden, symbol of courtly love or fin'amor as it is known in Occitan.
Lutenist and singers in a walled garden.
The Lover and Dame Oyseuse (Idleness) outside the garden walls.
Master of the Prayer Book
Garden of Pleasure, with the Lover and Dame Oiseuse outside, The Lover and Dame Oyseuse outside a walled
garden (Roman de la Rose)
Jardin des plaisirs, avec l'amant et Dame Oiseuse à l'extérieur L'Amant et Dame Oiseuse devant un jardin clos
(Roman de la Rose)
Jardín del Placer, con el Amante y la Dama Oyseuse en el exterior
1490-1500
British Library, London
14. a garden of delights medieval ...
a fountain, probably the Fountain of Youth decorated with cupids,
naked men and women bathing,
a table set with food, bread, and wine
high walls signals that it may be a private affair for the chosen few ...
It is now the time of Venus, which means the time to enjoy the pleasures of love,
music, food and wine.
Cristoforo de Predis
La fontaine de Jouvence des enfants de Vénus
Influence of Venus: the garden of love and the fountain of Youth
Influencia de Venus: el jardín del amor y la fuente de la Juventud
1450-1465
Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Palazzo dei Musei, Modena
17. between an enclosed garden hortus conclusus and a garden of Eden ...
a garden surrounded by a wall with the Virgin, the Child Jesus,
three holy women and three holy men
which may refer to the enclosed garden hortus conclusus
and
also a garden that reminds us of the Garden of Eden,
the scene of the ancient, original harmony of the universe, of divine, human,
animal and vegetable worlds, where sin and evil were present only in a latent,
harmless form.
Upper Rhenish Master Maître du Haut Rhin
The Garden of Eden
Jardin de Paradis
Jardín del Paraíso
1410
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
20. The garden from the 16th century to the second half of the 19th century in Europe …
from the Renaissance to Impressionism
Religious references disappeared and the garden became the subject of the painting.
Royal gardens built for the magnificence of sovereigns,
public spaces with their parks and gardens for walking
are a new subject for painters.
21. an almost surrealist garden by Hieronymus Bosch …
Paradise of the Garden of Eden ...
Adam and Eve reunited by the Creator,
Fountain of Life,
Tree of Life,
Tree of knowledge of good and evil
…
Paradise that deceives the senses, a false Paradise
given over to the sin of lust ...
Fountain of Youth,
innumerable figures engage in all manner of lust-driven activities,
animals, plants, fruits
Hieronymus Bosch Jérôme Bosch
El jardín de las delicias
Le Jardin des délices
The Garden of Earthly Delights
1500-1505
Museo del Prado, Madrid
25. a garden like a magnificent animal park …
where neighborly
the fox, ibex, deer, deer, lion, bull,
horses, sheep, a unicorn,
the Creator, Adam and Eve
Lucas Cranach the Elder Cranach l'Ancien
Paradise
Le paradis terrestre
El paraíso terrestre
1530
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
28. a garden with a fountain crowned by a statue of Venus ...
the human yearning for immortality and eternal youth ...
evidence that is actually a fountain of love rather than youth,
and that the power of love is the true source of immortality
Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach l'Ancien
The Fountain of Youth
Fontaine de Jouvence
La fuente de eterna juventud
1546
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
31. an ideal garden ...
surrounded by a multitude of animals in the Garden of Eden …
Adam and Eve beneath the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
since Adam has yet to commit the original sin, these creatures all live in harmony
Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel the Elder
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man
Le Jardin d’Éden
El Jardín del Edén con la caída del hombre
1615
Mauritshuis, The Hague
34. an idyllic garden dedicated to the pleasures of love …
an ideal vision of an Italian Renaissance garden ...
lovers dining alfresco,
a statue of Ceres, goddess of fertility,
a lewd statue of Bacchus
and
of Venus
Sébastien Vrancx
Fête dans le jardin des ducs de Mantoue
Party in the garden of the Duke of Mantua
Fiesta en el jardín de los Duques de Mantua
1595
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen
37. the triumph of the "jardin à la française“ …
Commissioned by Louis XIV for the gallery of the Grand Trianon,
an insight into the horticultural tastes of the Sun King and the Grand Trianon gardeners
Jean Cotelle
Vue de l'Orangerie de Versailles, de la Pièce d’Eau des Suisses avec Vertumne et Pomone
View of the Orangerie at Versailles, from the Piece d'Eau des Suisses and with Vertumnus and Pomona
Vista de la Orangerie de Versalles, de la Piece d’Eau des Suisses con Vertumnus y Pomona
1693
Château de Versailles, Versailles
40. a charming garden …
a romantic and pleasant atmosphere
immense trees,
a fountain,
balustrades,
antique statues, lions,
group of figures in a luxuriant and shady setting …
a wonderful meeting place
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Le petit parc
The small park
El pequeño parque
1760-1765
The Wallace Collection, London
44. The garden of the second half of the 19th and early 20th century in Europe …
impressionism, post-impressionism, naïve art, art nouveau, symbolism
Édouard Manet's Music at the Tuileries
is the first model for all Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings depicting contemporary life in the open air.
He inspired in the following decades Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Gustave Caillebotte ...
45. a garden of the intellectual and social Paris of the Second Empire …
a garden of an elegant contemporary cosmopolitan society
a modern painting in both subject matter and technique
Men in dark jackets and light pants with top hats, women in fancy dresses
... we can almost hear the music and the conversation
Édouard Manet
Concert au jardin des Tuileries
Music in the Tuileries Garden
La música en las Tullerías
1862
National Gallery, London
48. a summer garden with white dresses ...
The three female figures in the painting are modelled on Camille Doncieux,
who would later become Monet's wife.
We probably admire their dresses more than the flowers.
Claude Monet
Femmes au jardin
Women in the Garden
Mujeres en el jardín
1867
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
51. a garden of a impressionist painter ...
the table has not been cleared at the end of a meal,
the little Jean Monet quietly plays with a few pieces of wood
the hat, hanging on the branch of a tree,
the bag and the parasol left on the bench seem to have been forgotten there
Through the trees, the light falls in stains on the dresses of the two ladies who walk.
Claude Monet
Le Déjeuner
The Luncheon
El desayuno
1873
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
54. an garden wholly impressionistic ...
flowers and shrubs
and
two small figures:
a woman shading herself with a parasol
and a man leans down, to pick a flower for her
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Woman with a Parasol in a Garden
Femme avec ombrelle dans un jardin
Mujer con sombrilla en un jardín
1873
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
57. a garden with large sunflowers …
an inspiration for Van Gogh ...
Two years later, Van Gogh painted many versions of his famous Sunflowers.
Gustave Caillebotte
Les Soleils, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers
Sunflowers, Garden at Petit Gennevilliers
Los girasoles, jardín de Petit Gennevilliers
1885
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
60. the Garden of Olives ...
dark blue sky,
green and brown tones of the trees and vegetation,
Christ, his head facing the ground and face full of sorrow and despair
…
Gauguin placing himself in the position of Christ,
attempts to liken his suffering to that of the savior
and portrays himself as a messenger for his contemporaries,
despite being rejected by them.
Paul Gauguin
Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers
Christ on the Mount of Olives
Cristo en el Monte de los olivos
1889
Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida
63. a garden of the Asylum at Saint-Rémy, a great source of inspiration ...
the wall of the hospital,
the diagonal path,
the stone bench
and
the exuberantly flowering bushes and trees
On 8 May 1889, Van Gogh reports for treatment at the asylum Saint-Paul-de-Mausole.
For the first month he is not allowed to leave the grounds,
but within the walls is an garden.
Vincent van Gogh
The garden of the asylum at Saint-Rémy
Le Jardin de l'Asile à Saint-Remy
El jardín del asilo de Saint-Remy
May 1889
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
66. a garden filled with tall, leafy trees ...
the contrasting red earth and green leaves
… an impressive work
Vincent van Gogh
Hospital at Saint Remy
Saint-Rémy
El hospital de Saint-Rémy
October 1889, Saint-Rémy
Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles
69. a garden beyond space and time, where flowers never wilt ...
Against a backdrop of verdant green,a vibrant sea of flowers,
sunflowers and dahlias, marigolds, asters, and flame flowers.
Klimt “artist of eternal flowering.”
Gustav Klimt
Farm Garden with Sunflowers
Jardin aux tournesols
Jardín con girasoles
1906
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
72. But the painter's garden is not always a realistic place, it can very well be imaginary, dreamed ...
73. a imaginary, dreamed garden ...
an exoticism of the Jardin des Plantes,
an inspiration found in a great garden in Paris,
a dream populated by the characters, animals and plants of a painter
a naked young woman on a red sofa, listening to the flute of a charmer,
giant lotus flowers, lions, birds, a monkey, a pink-bellied snake
and even an elephant wrapped in tall grass
Le Douanier who had never left Paris, drew his inspiration from the Jardin des Plantes.
Henri Rousseau
Le Rêve
The Dream
El sueño
1910
Museum of Modern Art, New York
77. Garden in European paintings
Le jardin dans la peinture européenne
El jardín en la pintura europea
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78. ... and other avant-gardes will follow ... and other gardens ...
cubism, surrealism, expressionism, pop art ...