The development from deer park to urban public park

Authors

  • Kinga M. Szilágyi Corvinus University of Budapest, Department for Garden Art

Keywords:

deer park, picturesque garden, garden art, landscape painting, sustainability, urban park

Abstract

The English term 'park’ originally meant a deer park. The word appeared in the middle of the 19th century in Hungarian after Bertalan Szemere’s visit to England during which he realised the meaning and the importance of parks. The 18th century English landscape garden movement inspired by the new liberal philosophy and the love of classical arts, transformed the deer parks of the aristocratic society into picturesque gardens or landscape parks. In the meantime they became the necessity for the recreation of the urban population in the form of urban parks in the early 19th century.

Author Biography

  • Kinga M. Szilágyi, Corvinus University of Budapest, Department for Garden Art

    professor
    E-mail: kinga.szilagyi@uni-corvinus.hu

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Published

2009-08-01

Issue

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Articles

How to Cite

The development from deer park to urban public park. (2009). 4D Journal of Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, 15, 14-26. https://journal.uni-mate.hu/index.php/4D/article/view/5868

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