Living in glasshouses : vegetality and the curvilinear forcing houses of the early nineteenth century

Author

Taylor, William

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of garden history. 1995, Num. 4, Vol. 15, 206-220, 5 ill.

ISSN

0144-5170

Abstract (en)

Outlines the philosophical and scientific views of vegetality in the first half of the 19th c., as compared to animal life, and shows how the curved roofs of greenhouses during this period were designed specifically to answer to beliefs about the nature of plant life. Looks in particular at greenhouses designed by John Claudius Loudon, 1815-1827, and at the Palm House, Kew Gardens, London, 1843.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- United Kingdom
• Greenhouses
• Great Britain
• 1800-1900
• Plants
• Philosophy
• Science
• Influence
• Loudon, John Claudius, 1783-1843
• Kew Gardens, Palm House||London (GBR)
• Architecture

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Royaume-Uni
• Serre
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1800-1900
• Plante
• Philosophie
• Sciences
• Influence
• Loudon, John Claudius, 1783-1843
• Kew Gardens, Palm House||London (GBR)
• Architecture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19970401-00259397

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