4:12 Huerto cerrado eres, hermana mía, esposa mía; Fuente cerrada, fuente sellada. 4:13 Tus renuevos son paraíso de granados, con frutos suaves, De flores de alheña y nardos El Cantar de los can…
Beate Gütschow is a German contemporary artist who works primarily through photography. In her work, she analyses the complex and ever-changing relationships between perception, representation and reality. For her series HC, Hortus Conclusus, she delved into the subject of “Enclosed gardens,” a...
Hortus conclusus is the archetype of an enclosed garden. Hortus conclusus is a walled garden with a built enclosure which became synonymous with the term “garden” in medieval times.
Alberto Campo Baeza and the portuguese masters of architecture reinterpreted the concept to pave the way for a poetic image of separation, born from the Hortus Conclusus.
Hortus conclusus - Latin for enclosed, or walled, garden. Gardens were surrounded by enclosures as far back as ancient times. These walls were designed to keep out enemies, whether humans or animals. During the Medieval period, enclosed gardens took on symbolic meanings and were referred to as the hortus conclusus. Seen as examples of paradise on earth in both Christian and Islamic traditions, enclosed gardens were safe havens where only beneficial plants were cultivated. Artists used the symbolism of an enclosed garden to portray love and religious ideals. In both Persian and Christian cultures during this time, the enclosed garden represented domesticity, refinement and femininity. The maiden is placed within the garden. Her suitor is outside the walls in the rugged, wild, masculine landscape. The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child were often placed by artists of the Catholic tradition within the hortus conclusus. I learned about the hortus conclusus in an art history course, The History of Landscape Architecture and Garden Design, at Southern Connecticut State University. The history of the hortus conclusus resonated with me for several reasons. First, I have an enclosed garden designed to keep out enemies - deer and woodchucks. This garden contains raised beds, placed in orderly rows, as was often designed in Medieval monastery gardens. Our larger garden, the whole of our property, is surrounded by an imaginary enclosure - boundary lines. This acre of land is our personal piece of earthly paradise. Secondly, the relationship between the garden and the spiritual lessons it provides speaks volumes to me. I am most connected to God when I am in my garden. Thirdly, the feminine, domesticated symbolism of the hortus conclusus is appealing. A child of the 1960s, a teen in the 1970s and a young woman in the 1980s, growing up in metropolitan New York, it was drilled into my head by the prevailing culture that a woman must prove she is equal to a man. This culture stripped away femininity from women. I was ashamed to be a "girly-girl" who didn't know how to throw a ball or dig a hole to plant a tree when studying horticulture at SUNY Farmingdale. I was embarrassed to admit that I liked the old fashioned look of embroidered and lace tablecloths and dresser scarves that I grew up with. I made my way through those early years often feeling alone as an old-fashioned, feminine woman. Then in the late 1980s I discovered Victoria Magazine. Through the pages of romantic photos I saw that I was not alone in my love for flowers, lace, tea in pretty china, embroidery and other dainty, feminine things. I read about English cottage gardens, French potagers, poets, authors and artists of centuries past who found delight in the natural world as well as modern women who incorporated these styles and sensibilities in their lives. The decade of the 1990s was one of affirming my feminity and embracing the simple, joyful, fulfilling life of raising a family, creating a home and garden just as my mother and grandmother did before me. As my children grew, life seemed to get more complicated with all the options available in every manner for life today. My garden, my hortus conclusus, has been and continues to be my refuge. So here you have a little information about me and the reasoning for naming this blog what I did.
Oil pastel, gouache and sgrafitto on paper … Curious Grove … Leap … The Enclosure … Curious Beast … Curious Isle … Curious Garden … This series of work is …
Oberrheinischer Meister Paradiesgärtlein, ca. 1410 Frankfurt, Museum Städel, Städelsches Kunstinstitut This famous painting is a very tiny one, measuring 26 x 33 cm. Das Bild gehört zum Typus „Maria im Rosenhag“ bzw. "Maria im hortus conclusus" (umschlossenen Garten) es zitiert aber auch Motive der "virgo inter virgines" (Jungfrau unter Jungfrauen) und des höfischen Liebesgartens. Maria befindet sich nicht – wie sonst üblich - im Mittelpunkt des Gemäldes, sondern in der oberen linken Bildecke in ein Buch vertieft. Sie ist umgeben von je drei weiblichen und drei männlichen Heiligen. Die Heilige Dorothea pflückt links neben ihr Kirschen; die Heilige Barbara schöpft Wasser aus einem Brunnen; die Heilige Katharina hält das Psalterium, auf dem das Christuskind die Saiten zupft. Zu Füßen des Sankt Georg liegt ein kleiner toter Drachen und zu Füßen des Erzengels Michael sitzt ein kleiner schwarzer Dämon. Am Baumstamm lehnt (stehend) der Heilige Oswald. Das Paradiesgärtlein ist eines der frühesten Bilder, auf dem Pflanzen naturgetreu wiedergegeben sind. Alle 18 Pflanzen sind eindeutig erkennbar. Bei den meisten handelt es sich um sogenannte Marienpflanzen, d.h. Pflanzen, die zu den Mariensymbolen zählen. An der Mauer kann man verschiedene Vogelarten deutlich erkennen.
Hortus conclusus - Latin for enclosed, or walled, garden. Gardens were surrounded by enclosures as far back as ancient times. These walls ...
Hortus Conclusus: Georgia Syriopoulou and Leonidas Papalampropoulos propose an enclosed garden sanctuary for the new administration building in West Attica
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In the winter of 2016, I had to move away unexpectedly from Norcia and find a new house. Very close to the end of the time I had for looking, and as I was starting to become desperate…
KWY.studio designed the visitor centre of Desert X Al Ula in Saudi Arabia with circular frames that open up to the spectacular desert landscape.
21.4.2011: from the Villa of Livia or the Villa ad Gallinas Albas on the Palatine Hill. 1st cent. BC. Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.
Carolus Clusius fue uno de los responsables de la introducción del tulipán de los Países Bajos, y la transformación de jardines en ese país y en toda Europa.
In ancient times called hortus conclusus , was a small space , surrounded by high walls, where the monks cultivated plants and tre...
Anselm Kiefer - Hortus Conclusus, 2007-14
Beate Gütschow is a German contemporary artist who works primarily through photography. In her work, she analyses the complex and ever-changing relationships between perception, representation and reality. For her series HC, Hortus Conclusus, she delved into the subject of “Enclosed gardens,” a...
Quelques images de mon installation " Hortus Conclusus " au Centre Culturel Georges Pomp It Up, visible encore jusqu...
Oil pastel, gouache and sgrafitto on paper … Curious Grove … Leap … The Enclosure … Curious Beast … Curious Isle … Curious Garden … This series of work is …
Image 7 of 8 from gallery of Hortus Conclusus / Point Supreme Architects. Ground Level © Point Supreme Architects.
Oil pastel, gouache and sgrafitto on paper … Curious Grove … Leap … The Enclosure … Curious Beast … Curious Isle … Curious Garden … This series of work is …
