Cultural determinants in landscape architectural typologies : plants and gardens in New Orleans from the colonial era to the Civil War

Author

Douglas, William Lake

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of garden history. 1996, Num. 2, Vol. 16, 87-110, 13 ill.; 8 plans

ISSN

0144-5170

Abstract (en)

Using archival data such as plans, drawings, and descriptions of gardens in New Orleans from the late 18th through the 19th cs., examines the possibility that garden types varied according to the cultural or ethnic background of the city's population. Looking also at garden periodicals and other publications, concludes that, rather than being expressions of cultural differences or simply transposed examples of Old World precedents, New Orleans gardens were New World amalgams that were based on environmental responses and functional requirements shared by all residents of the city. (Appendix reprints passages on plants and gardening from southern gardening periodicals, 1846-1851).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Gardens -- United States
• Gardens
• United States
• 1800-1900
• New Orleans (LA, USA)
• Europe
• Influence
• Culture
• Landscape architecture
• Periodicals
• Environment

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Jardins -- États-Unis
• Jardin
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• New Orleans (LA, USA)
• Europe
• Influence
• Culture
• Paysagisme
• Revue
• Environnement

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19970401-00259315

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