Gardens in the 17th centuryThe comparison between

Chinese and European gardens

Chen Si Yi, Sylvia 06050069

Leung Ka Yan, Candice 06016804

LayoutsChina• Is discovered

scene by scene, one scene leading to the next

• Diversif ied layout

Europe• Symmetrical• Geometric • Unif ied changes in extendable

planes

DetailsChina• Symbolisma “mini-world”• Plants and

flowers:Close to their

natural forms

Europe• Arrangement of

the plan• Grass in lawns• Fountains • Perfectly shaped

plants

ConceptsChina• association with nature• presentation of

permanence• ethical

preoccupations

Europe• Rationalism: exclusion of

nature

ConceptsChina• Human:

subordinate position,part of the nature

• “Poetic garden”

Europe• Human: dominate role,

control of the nature

• Show-off

Transformation• Extension and exploration• Missionaries• Imaginative travel descriptions• began to copy foreign ornamentation • integrate it into tradit ional court art

Rococo

Further development18th century• “Chinoiserie”• exotic garden design• English landscape gardens