LA 166 Lecture Outline 3-5-07

 

Rousham

 

Redesigned by William Kent (Late 1730’s)

 

Charles Bridgeman 1720

            Original layout for Rousham

 

Bridgeman’s Work

            Elm Walk

 

Kent interventions

 

Garden Itinerary:

The Bowing Green

The Horse Devoured by the Lion sculpture

The Dying Gladiator

Venus Vale

The Upper and Lower Cascade

Venus

Townesends Building

The Serpentine Walk

The Rill

The Large Octagonal Pond

The Elm Walk (Apollo)

Praeneste

The Theater

            The statues of Ceres, Bacchus, and Mercury

The Classic Seat

The Pyramid

            General Dormer

The River Cherwell