New online garden history course

This course is the ideal introduction to English garden history. It provides an overview of five centuries of development, from Baroque formalism through the naturalistic landscape style, right up to contemporary cutting-edge planting style. The course was written by Tim Richardson, an independent garden historian and landscape critic. Tim writes regularly for newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times and Country Life, and is the author of nine books on garden and landscape subjects. He is a trustee of the Garden History Society and a member of the gardens advisory panel of the National Trust.

Course Aim
To provide an overview and introduction to English garden history, with special emphasis on the 18th-century landscape garden and on the 20th century.

Course Objectives
This course will enable participants to:
1. Understand the trajectory of English landscape history from formalism to increasing naturalism.
2. Trace the development of garden style across five centuries.
3. Gain an understanding of how textual and other sources can be complemented by on-the-ground study of gardens and landscape.

For more information: http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/V200-48#