Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2017, 65(5), 1543-1556 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201765051543

The Italian Garden Influence Within the Development of Garden Design in the Czech Lands (Bohemia and Moravia)

Zora Kulhánková
Department of Garden and Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

This article puts the Czech garden into the context of the development of garden design in Europe. Although it has not been defined as a garden type, it has always reflected new directions and modified them in line with geographical and cultural differences. The selected examples illustrate the development of garden art in the Czech lands from the 16th to the 18th century with an emphasis on Italian patterns and Italian artists. There are gardens that took the morphology of the Italian garden - they were built in slopes, their architecture uses terraces and stairs, dynamic water is used or some building elements typical of the Italian garden. The information provided exemplify the great influence of Italian culture in the Czech lands, which got there directly with Italian artists and builders.

Keywords: history of garden design, Czech historic garden, Italian garden
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The paper has been prepared with support of project No DG16P02H053 - Czech Garden Art and Landscape Architecture in the Context of European Development of the Program to support applied research and development of national and cultural identity for the years 2016 to 2022 (NAKI II), financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

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Kulhánková, Z. (2017). The Italian Garden Influence Within the Development of Garden Design in the Czech Lands (Bohemia and Moravia). Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 65(5), 1543-1556. doi: 10.11118/actaun201765051543
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