Professor Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe
with
Professor Tracy Hamilton
Professor Kimberly Morse-Jones
Spring 2010
Gardens
as Mythic, Spiritual, and Sexual Spaces
in the Landscape and in Art, Worldwide, over Time
SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION:
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
PRELIMINARY READING:
Ancient and Medieval Gardens
WEEK 4
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 5
Old Kingdom Gardens
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 6
Minoan and Mycenaean Gardens
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 7
Gardens in Pompeii
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 8
Monastic & Palace Gardens
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 9
WEEK 10
WEEK 11
Villa d’Este at Tivoli
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 12
The English Garden
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 13
Chinese Gardens
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 14
Islamic Gardens
PRELIMINARY READING:
WEEK 15
Memorial Parks
PRELIMINARY READING:
ART HISTORY SENIOR SEMINAR 2010
January 20
Introduction to the seminar
Requirements
Types of gardens
Contents of gardens
Purpose and significance of gardens
Symbolism of gardens
History of gardens
Gardens in art
Selection of presentation topics
Visit Daisy’s Garden, Sweet Briar House (weather permitting)
The History of Gardens (SBC Library)
Gardens of the Gods: Myth, Magic, and Meaning [electronic resource]
January 27
WEBPAGE INSTRUCTION
Tom Marcais, 1:30 p.m., Smith Computer Lab (Room 201 in the Library).
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February 3
Mythic Gardens
Book of Genesis (The Garden of Eden)
Hesiod’s Theogony (The Garden of the Hesperides)
James Frazer‘s The Golden Bough (The Gardens of Adonis)
Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica (The Grove of Zeus)
Avatar (Pandora)
February 10
Gardens in the Ancient Near East
SEMINAR PAPER A1: Ryan Roach
Gardens at Nineveh
SEMINAR PAPER A2: Isabel Patterson
Mesopotamian Gardens (JStor)
February 17
Gardens in the Ancient Egypt
SEMINAR PAPER A3: Caroline Rainey
New Kingdom Gardens
SEMINAR PAPER A4: Molly McLemore
Symbolism and Design in Ancient Egyptian Gardens (JStor)
February 24
Gardens in Ancient Greece
SEMINAR PAPER A5: Sarah Strapp
Classical and Hellenistic Gardens
SEMINAR PAPER A6: Isabel Patterson
Ancient Mediterranean Pleasure Gardens (JStor)
Garden Lore of Ancient Athens (JStor)
March 3
Gardens in Ancient Rome
SEMINAR PAPER A7: Ryan Roach
Gardens in Rome
SEMINAR PAPER A8: Molly McLemore
The Gardens of Pompeii, Herculanium and the Villas Destroyed by Vesuvius (SBC Library)
Gardens of Pompeii
Ancient Roman Gardens (Randolph College Library)
March 10
Gardens in Medieval Europe
SEMINAR PAPER A9: Caroline Rainey
Hortus Conclusus
SEMINAR PAPER A10: Sarah Strapp
The Medieval Garden (Amazon.com)
Medieval Gardens (Amazon.com)
Monastic Gardens (Amazon.com)
Gardens of Virtue in the Middle Ages (JStor)
Mysteries of the Middle Ages (SBC Library)
March 17
SPRING BREAK
March 24
NO CLASS
March 31
Renaissance and Baroque Gardens
SEMINAR PAPER B1: Isabel Patterson
Palace of Versailles
SEMINAR PAPER B2: Ryan Roach
The Villa d’Este at Tivoli (SBC Library)
Versailles: A Garden in Four Seasons (SBC Library)
April 7
Gardens and Parks in 18th and 19th centuries
SEMINAR PAPER B3: Caroline Rainey
Central Park
SEMINAR PAPER B4: Molly McLemore
English Gardens and Landscapes: 1700-1750 (SBC Library)
The English Garden: Meditation and Memorial (SBC Library)
Central Park (SBC Library)
April 14
Chinese and Japanese Gardens
SEMINAR PAPER B5: Sarah Strapp
Japanese Gardens
SEMINAR PAPER B6: Molly McLemore
The Chinese Garden: History, Art, and Architecture (SBC Library)
The Classical Gardens of China (SBC Library)
The Japanese Garden (SBC Library)
The Garden Art of Japan (SBC Library)
April 21
Persian / Mughal Gardens
SEMINAR PAPER B7: Ryan Roach
Taj Mahal
SEMINAR PAPER B8: Isabel Patterson
The Mughal Garden: Gateway to Paradise (JStor)
The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise (Amazon.com)
The Art of the Islamic Garden (Amazon.com)
Taj Mahal (SBC Library)
April 28
Gardens Today
SEMINAR PAPER B9: Sarah Strapp
Theme Parks
SEMINAR PAPER B10: Caroline Rainey
Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape (Amazon.com)
American Amusement Park (Amazon.com)