{"id":1437,"date":"2011-11-14T20:52:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T01:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/?page_id=1437"},"modified":"2023-04-12T18:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T22:19:01","slug":"a-history-of-landscape-architecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/?page_id=1437","title":{"rendered":"A History of Landscape Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Conf\u00e9rence pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par\u00a0Hans Walser<br \/>\n<em>Mercredi\u00a07 d\u00e9cembre 2011, 19 h 30<\/em><br \/>\n<em> H\u00f4tel de ville, Mansonville<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Conf\u00e9rence pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e en anglais, dur\u00e9e approximative de 45 minutes, suivie d\u2019une p\u00e9riode de questions et d&rsquo;\u00e9changes en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais<\/em><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A History of Landscape Architecture<br \/>\nAn Overview from Antiquity to the English Landscape Garden of the 18th Century <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This illustrated presentation will highlight the major influences of the evolution of landscape architecture from antiquity through Greece, Rome, the Renaissance, and Islam to the French gardens of the 17th century. This overview will be followed by a closer look at the English landscape garden of the 18th century. To close, the presenter will sketch its similarities with the landscapes of Potton as seen through his eyes.<br \/>\nQuestions and comments are welcome in either English or French.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biographical Note<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hans Walser came to the Ruiterbrook area of Potton in 1972 and acquired the remnants of the farm of Wallace Aiken. For now nearly 40 years, Hans has \u00a0\u00bbreworked\u00a0\u00bb his place \u2013 planting trees, moving rocks and making other \u00a0\u00bbimprovements\u00a0\u00bb, often to change his mind and start over again. After his retirement from a career in the Chemical industry in 1999, Hans obtained a \u00a0\u00bbMineur en design de Jardins\u00a0\u00bb from the University of Montreal and this experience enhanced his interest in landscaping and in the preservation of the landscapes of Potton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conf\u00e9rence pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par\u00a0Hans Walser Mercredi\u00a07 d\u00e9cembre 2011, 19 h 30 H\u00f4tel de ville, Mansonville Conf\u00e9rence pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e en anglais, dur\u00e9e approximative de 45 minutes, suivie d\u2019une p\u00e9riode de questions et d&rsquo;\u00e9changes en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais. A History of Landscape Architecture An Overview from Antiquity to the English Landscape Garden of the 18th Century Summary This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":329,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1437\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrimoinepotton.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}