Medieval Landscapes Architectural History

500 to 1300 AD

 

I. Overview: "Were these years the Dark Ages ?"

II. Medieval Monasteries

A. Certosa di Pavia  http://www.certosadipavia.cjb.net/
    
   
                 
 
B. St. Gall

 

III. Medieval Castles and Walled Cite' 

A. Carcassonne, France - 1247 AD

 
    
 
B. Aigues Mortes, France

 

    
  
    
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/aigmain.html
 
C. Mont Saint Michel
      
Extended view of the complex and its cloister garden within the wall city
 
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/msmmain.html
 
IV. Old Town (Problems)

V. New Towns

A. Montpazier
     

VI. The Medieval House

Street-side House

  Fortified Farm House

VII. Medieval Square Development: The Plaza or Piazza

 
A. Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy
     
http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/monu/signo.htm
 
B. Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
            
 
    
        
 
http://library.ucsc.edu/slides/decou/venice1.html
 
C. Piazza del Campo
 
 
http://www.clr.utoronto.ca/cgibin/clrdb/VIRTUALLIB/CLIP/clipadd?DB.REPORT=full&DB.RECORD=21
 

VIII. The 'Pleasure Gardens and Knights Honor Court'

IX. Transition to the Renaissance Garden

  • A. The Eastern Garden Precedent (Function & Aesthetics)
  • B. Marco Polo's Orient garden interpretation
  • C. Islamic Influences (Return of Troubadours and Crusaders)
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    Required Reading: Design on the Land, pp. 21-29

    Recommended Reading: Landscape in History, Pregill & Volkman, pp. 137-165

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    prepared by: Dennis Colliton
    Last Update January 16, 2001