- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Formal Southern Landscapes historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Morgan County
Landscape architecture--Georgia--Madison - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Morgan County, Madison, 33.59568, -83.46794
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Academy and Porter Sts., Madison
Text of marker: "FORMAL SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES. Like Madison's high-style architecture, its formal landscapes were Southern translations of both prevalent trends and earlier traditions. Boxwood gardens were an antebellum landscape feature gracing many Madison homes. Parterres were a garden form developed in Renaissance France and originally inspired by lace brocade patterns. These and other Madison gardens found form in plantings of English boxwood. Landscape architecture often echoed the architectural spirit of the residence. 'Boxwood' c. 1850, having two different building fronts, matched garden and porch characteristics: rigidly straight-lined for the Doric order portico and curvilinear for the Italiante porch. Such eclectic design of both home and garden reflected the influence of an English aesthetic, as England was the 19th century economic, political and cultural leader, and its tastes were imitated all over the Victorian world. Thus, the 19th century parterre craze experienced in English gardens found its way into the antebellum landscapes of this and other Madison homes. CITY OF MADISON MADISON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 1809-2009 A PRESERVE AMERICA COMMUNITY" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_formal-southern-landscapes
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_formal-southern-landscapes
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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