Garden Art Fall 2016: Which expression of garden art / garden style that we have studied so far this semester resonated most strongly with you personally? Explain why.

The expression of garden style that resonated with me is the roman style gardens. The peristyle gardens interest me because they are for the private sphere. The luxury of a garden often used by one family is something that I would love to have in my home. To have a place to relax and do work that is filled with frescos and plans would help anybody to relax on a daily basis. The meaning of the garden that it is for praising gods and relaxing is my favorite purpose for a garden and personally what I feel that gardens should be used for. The public gardens and ones meant for many families and all the pubic are great but I picture gardens as quaint as they were during the roman style.

Being an art lover, the gardens that displayed the most art are the ones that stood out. The use of frescos and art and to be able to show it off in the garden is something I would love to do in a garden. As we are studying art it is also important that we recognize the relationship of other art forms with garden art and the roman gardens use their positive relationship to the advantages. I would have loved to see other gardens that used painting and frescos as prominently as the Romans did but this is the reason the roman garden stood out to me.