Garden in European paintings.ppsx

lovely gardens, sublime gardens, romantic gardens, elegant gardens ...
a great walk through gardens in the European pictorial tradition ...

2. from the European Middle Ages
to
the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe
from the enclosed garden of an illuminated manuscript
to
the intimate and flowery garden of an impressionist painting
from the garden full of symbols in the Renaissance
to
the garden as theme and object of contemplation in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

3. Garden
in Europeanpaintings

5. lovely gardens, sublime gardens, romantic gardens, elegant gardens,
gardens of religious or secular inspiration ...
a great walk through gardens in the European pictorial tradition ...

6. The garden
medieval European
is generally a cloistered, enclosed garden, a place to withdraw from the world; it is a metaphor for the Garden of Eden, the terrestrial paradise.
The medieval garden gives rise to the theme of the ideal garden of courtly love, inspired by courtly romances and medieval chivalry novels.
The hortus conclususis an iconographic theme of European religious art that plays a prominent role in the artistic representation of the Virgin Mary.

7. a walled garden ...
From a manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida(1339-1340).
Emilia sitting and weaving a wreath of flowers
and
Arcita and Palemoneadmire her from their prison window.
This image, though secular in subject matter, recalls images of the Virgin within
a walled garden--the hortus conclususthat symbolized her perpetual virginity.
Barthélémy d’Eyck or Barthélemy van Eyck
Emilia in the rose garden, Arcitaand PalemoneAdmire Emilia in Her Garden (BoccaccioLa Théséide)
Émilie dans son jardin (BoccaccioLa Théséide)
Emilia en su jardín, Arcitasy Palemonobservana su enamorada, Emilia (BoccaccioLa Théséide)
1460
ÖsterreichischeNationalbibliothek, Vienna

11. a courtly garden, a garden of love ...
the illumination for the ‘Romance of the Rose’, a medieval French poem
by Guillaume de Lorrisand Jean de Meun, an allegorical love poem;
a closed garden, symbol of courtly love or fin'amoras it is known in Occitan.
Lutenist and singers in a walled garden.
The Lover and Dame Oyseuse(Idleness) outside the garden walls.
Master of the PrayerBook
Garden of Pleasure, withthe Lover and Dame Oiseuse outside, The Lover and Dame Oyseuseoutsidea walled
garden(Roman de la Rose)
Jardin des plaisirs, avec l'amant et Dame Oiseuse à l'extérieur L'Amant et Dame Oiseuse devant un jardin clos
(Roman de la Rose)
JardíndelPlacer, con el Amante y la Dama Oyseuseen el exterior
1490-1500
British Library, London

14. a garden of delights medieval ...
a fountain, probably the Fountain of Youth decorated with cupids,
naked men and women bathing,
a table set with food, bread, and wine
high walls signals that it may be a private affair for the chosen few ...
It is now the time of Venus, which means the time to enjoy the pleasures of love,
music, food and wine.
Cristoforode Predis
La fontaine de Jouvence des enfants de Vénus
Influence of Venus: the gardenof love and the fountainof Youth
Influenciade Venus: el jardíndelamory la fuentede la Juventud
1450-1465
BibliotecaEstenseUniversitaria, Palazzodei Musei, Modena

17. between an enclosed garden hortus conclususand a garden of Eden ...
a garden surrounded by a wall with the Virgin, the Child Jesus,
three holy women and three holy men
which may refer to the enclosed garden hortus conclusus
and
also a garden that reminds us of the Garden of Eden,
the scene of the ancient, original harmony of the universe, of divine, human,
animal and vegetable worlds, where sin and evil were present only in a latent,
harmless form.
UpperRhenishMaster Maître du Haut Rhin
The Garden of Eden
Jardin de Paradis
JardíndelParaíso
1410
StädelschesKunstinstitut, Frankfurt

20. The garden from the 16th century to the second half of the 19th century in Europe …
from the Renaissance to Impressionism
Religious references disappeared and the garden became the subject of the painting.
Royal gardens built for the magnificence of sovereigns,
public spaces with their parks and gardens for walking
are a new subject for painters.

21. an almost surrealist garden by Hieronymus Bosch …
Paradise of the Garden of Eden ...
Adam and Eve reunited by the Creator,
Fountain of Life,
Tree of Life,
Tree of knowledge of good and evil
…
Paradise that deceives the senses, a false Paradise
given over to the sin of lust ...
Fountain of Youth,
innumerable figures engage in all manner of lust-driven activities,
animals, plants, fruits
Hieronymus Bosch Jérôme Bosch
El jardínde las delicias
Le Jardin des délices
The Garden of EarthlyDelights
1500-1505
MuseodelPrado, Madrid

25. a garden like a magnificent animal park …
where neighborly
the fox, ibex, deer, deer, lion, bull,
horses, sheep, a unicorn,
the Creator, Adam and Eve
Lucas Cranach the Elder Cranach l'Ancien
Paradise
Le paradis terrestre
El paraísoterrestre
1530
KunsthistorischesMuseum, Vienna

28. a garden with a fountain crowned by a statue of Venus ...
the human yearning for immortality and eternal youth ...
evidence that is actually a fountain of love rather than youth,
and that the power of love is the true source of immortality
Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach l'Ancien
The Fountainof Youth
Fontaine de Jouvence
La fuentede eternajuventud
1546
StaatlicheMuseen, Berlin

31. an ideal garden ...
surrounded by a multitude of animals in the Garden of Eden …
Adam and Eve beneath the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
since Adam has yet to commit the original sin, these creatures all live in harmony
Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel the Elder
The Garden of Eden withthe Fallof Man
Le Jardin d’Éden
El JardíndelEdéncon la caídadelhombre
1615
Mauritshuis, The Hague

34. an idyllic garden dedicated to the pleasures of love …
an ideal vision of an Italian Renaissance garden ...
lovers dining alfresco,
a statue of Ceres, goddess of fertility,
a lewd statue of Bacchus
and
of Venus
Sébastien Vrancx
Fête dans le jardin des ducs de Mantoue
Party in the gardenof the Duke of Mantua
Fiesta en el jardínde los Duquesde Mantua
1595
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen

37. the triumph of the "jardinà la française“ …
Commissioned by Louis XIV for the gallery of the Grand Trianon,
an insight into the horticultural tastes of the Sun King and the Grand Trianon gardeners
Jean Cotelle
Vue de l'Orangerie de Versailles, de la Pièce d’Eau des Suisses avec Vertumne et Pomone
Viewof the Orangerie at Versailles, fromthe Piece d'Eau des Suisses and withVertumnus and Pomona
Vista de la Orangerie de Versalles, de la Piece d’Eau des Suisses con Vertumnus y Pomona
1693
Château de Versailles, Versailles

40. a charming garden …
a romantic and pleasant atmosphere
immense trees,
a fountain,
balustrades,
antique statues, lions,
group of figures in a luxuriant and shady setting …
a wonderful meeting place
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Le petit parc
The smallpark
El pequeñoparque
1760-1765
The Wallace Collection, London

44. The garden of the second half of the 19th and early 20th century in Europe …
impressionism, post-impressionism, naïve art, art nouveau, symbolism
Édouard Manet's Music at the Tuileries
is the first model for all Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings depicting contemporary life in the open air.
He inspired in the following decades Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Gustave Caillebotte ...

45. a garden of the intellectual and social Paris of the Second Empire …
a garden of an elegant contemporary cosmopolitan society
a modern painting in both subject matter and technique
Men in dark jackets and light pants with top hats, women in fancy dresses
... we can almost hear the music and the conversation
Édouard Manet
Concert au jardin des Tuileries
Music in the Tuileries Garden
La músicaen las Tullerías
1862
National Gallery, London

48. a summer garden with white dresses ...
The three female figures in the painting are modelled on Camille Doncieux,
who would later become Monet's wife.
We probably admire their dresses more than the flowers.
Claude Monet
Femmes au jardin
Womenin the Garden
Mujeresen el jardín
1867
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

51. a garden of a impressionist painter ...
the table has not been cleared at the end of a meal,
the little Jean Monet quietly plays with a few pieces of wood
the hat, hanging on the branch of a tree,
the bag and the parasol left on the bench seem to have been forgotten there
Through the trees, the light falls in stains on the dresses of the two ladies who walk.
Claude Monet
Le Déjeuner
The Luncheon
El desayuno
1873
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

54. an garden wholly impressionistic ...
flowers and shrubs
and
two small figures:
a woman shading herself with a parasol
and a man leans down, to pick a flower for her
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Womanwitha Parasol in a Garden
Femme avec ombrelle dans un jardin
Mujercon sombrillaen un jardín
1873
MuseoThyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

57. a garden with large sunflowers …
an inspiration for Van Gogh ...
Two years later, Van Gogh painted many versions of his famous Sunflowers.
Gustave Caillebotte
Les Soleils, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers
Sunflowers, Garden at Petit Gennevilliers
Los girasoles, jardínde Petit Gennevilliers
1885
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

60. the Garden of Olives ...
dark blue sky,
green and brown tones of the trees and vegetation,
Christ, his head facing the ground and face full of sorrow and despair
…
Gauguin placing himself in the position of Christ,
attempts to liken his suffering to that of the savior
and portrays himself as a messenger for his contemporaries,
despite being rejected by them.
Paul Gauguin
Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers
Christ on the Mount of Olives
Cristo en el Monte de los olivos
1889
Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida

63. a garden of the Asylum at Saint-Rémy, a great source of inspiration ...
the wall of the hospital,
the diagonal path,
the stone bench
and
the exuberantly flowering bushes and trees
On 8 May 1889, Van Gogh reports for treatment at the asylum Saint-Paul-de-Mausole.
For the first month he is not allowed to leave the grounds,
but within the walls is an garden.
Vincent van Gogh
The garden of the asylum at Saint-Rémy
Le Jardin de l'Asileà Saint-Remy
El jardíndel asilode Saint-Remy
May 1889
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

66. a garden filled with tall, leafy trees ...
the contrasting red earth and green leaves
… an impressive work
Vincent van Gogh
Hospital at Saint Remy
Saint-Rémy
El hospital de Saint-Rémy
October 1889, Saint-Rémy
Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles

69. a garden beyond space and time, where flowers never wilt ...
Against a backdrop of verdant green,avibrant sea of flowers,
sunflowers and dahlias, marigolds, asters, and flame flowers.
Klimt “artist of eternal flowering.”
Gustav Klimt
FarmGarden withSunflowers
Jardin aux tournesols
Jardíncon girasoles
1906
ÖsterreichischeGalerie Belvedere, Vienna

72. But the painter's garden is not always a realistic place, it can very well be imaginary, dreamed ...

73. a imaginary, dreamed garden ...
an exoticism of the Jardin des Plantes,
an inspiration found in a great garden in Paris,
a dream populated by the characters, animals and plants of a painter
a naked young woman on a red sofa, listening to the flute of a charmer,
giant lotus flowers, lions, birds, a monkey, a pink-bellied snake
and even an elephant wrapped in tall grass
Le Douanier who had never left Paris, drew his inspiration from the Jardin des Plantes.
Henri Rousseau
Le Rêve
The Dream
El sueño
1910
Museum of Modern Art, New York

77. Garden in Europeanpaintings
Le jardin dans la peinture européenne
El jardín en la pintura europea
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78. ... and other avant-gardes will follow ... and other gardens ...
cubism, surrealism, expressionism, pop art ...