“If the park can be reduced to a single cultural indicator, it is that of optimism. Contained within the evolution of the park idea is an enduring quest for utopian living.” — Karen R. Jones & John Wills Copy Share Image
“The construction of castle arbours, monastic cloister gardens and Byzantine courtyards with trees and flowers attested to Western interest in the natural world. Paradise remained synonymous with perfect environments. In Anglo-Saxon, 'paradise' translated as 'meadow' or 'pasture'. Notions of a classical Golden Age, local legends, religion and romantic poetry all perpetuated the concept of nature as a refuge from society.… — Karen R. Jones & John Wills Copy Share
“Arguably, Versailles amounted to a prototype Disney World.” — Karen R. Jones & John Wills Copy Share Image
“This burgeoning interest in exclusive green spaces bespoke a desire for solitude in the urban landscape.” — Karen R. Jones & John Wills Copy Share Image
“If the park can be reduced to a single cultural indicator, it is that of optimism. Contained within the evolution of the park idea… — Karen R. Jones & John Wills Copy Share Image
“English tourists returned home [from the Italian Campagna] eager to make their own estates resemble Arcadian art. This fertile connection between horticultural design and… — Karen R. Jones & John Wills Copy Share Image
![“English tourists returned home [from the Italian Campagna] eager to make their own estates resemble Arcadian art. This fertile connection between horticultural design and painter's canvas found literal form in a new English word- landskip- a term first employed by Dutch artists to describe the…” quote by Karen R. Jones & John Wills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e99/karen-r-jones-john-wills-60863_art_english-tourists-returned-home-from-the_3171621.jpg)