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  2. Greek garden - Wikipedia

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    Archaeologists have not identified planted courtyards within the palaces of Mycenean culture nor in Greek houses of the Classical period. When the editors of a symposium on Roman gardens [10] included a contribution on the expected Greek precursors, Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway's article prompted a reviewer [11] to observe, "For all practical purposes there appear to have been no gardens of any ...

  3. Garden of Alcinous - Wikipedia

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    Garden of Alcinous Water Color by HW Williams. The Garden of Alcinous was one of the archetypes of Greek gardens that influenced the design of Mediterranean gardens through the end of Classical era. Pastoral poets, and later, Virgil and Horace, portrayed the garden as an ideal of rustic aesthetics and abundant fertility. [1]

  4. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

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    After centuries without decorated capitals, they were revived enthusiastically in Romanesque architecture, often using foliage designs, including acanthus. Curling acanthus-type leaves occur frequently in the borders and ornamented initial letters of illuminated manuscripts , and are commonly found in combination with palmettes in woven silk ...

  5. Chiswick House Gardens - Wikipedia

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    The Deer House with its Egyptianesque Vitruvian door surrounds. The gardens at Chiswick were filled with fabriques (decorative garden buildings) which illustrated Lord Burlington's knowledge of Roman, Greek, Egyptian and Renaissance architecture, and statues and architecture which expressed his Whig (and very possibly Jacobite) ideals.

  6. Byzantine gardens - Wikipedia

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    A modern bronze copy of a Greek garden statue, the type of which survived well into Late antiquity. Byzantine gardens were based largely on Roman ideas emphasizing elaborate Hellenistic mosaic designs, a typical classical feature of formally arrayed trees and built elements such as fountains and small shrines. These gradually grew to become ...

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