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A work in progress, the History of Early American Landscape Design digital resource represents an inquiry into the language of early American landscape aesthetics and garden design in the colonial and national periods. Thousands of texts are combined with a corpus of more than 1700 images in order to trace the development of landscape and garden terminology from British colonial America to the mid-19th century. By placing terms in relation to representations in the visual record, the project clarifies and corrects their meanings, providing for more “accurate” histories of designed landscapes in early America.

The project is organized by 100 keywords, supported by 100 featured places and historical figures. Without claiming to be comprehensive, this project models an approach to the study of landscapes and gardens that helps scholars consider past cultural conditions, uncover former appearances, and better understand the experiences and meanings of designed environments as they were built, and also as they were imagined. This site is a companion to the book Keywords in American Landscape Design (Yale University Press, 2010).

Read more about CASVA research projects.

Banner Images:

Nicolino Calyo, Harlem, the Country House of Dr. Edmondson, 1834

C. A. Hedin, “Front Elevation on Live Oak Street,” 1853

Thomas Jefferson, Plan of an orchard at Monticello, c. 1778

Robert Mills, Plan of the Mall, Washington, DC, 1841

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-Welcome to the Database of Early American Landscape Design.
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+File:0855.jpg|link=Category:Keywords|<span style="font-family: sans-serif; color: #777777; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px;">KEYWORDS</span><br><span style="font-size:13px; font-family: sans-serif;">[[:File:0855.jpg|Alexander Jackson Davis, ''Garden Arch at Montgomery Place'', c. 1850.]]</span>
-The site provides information about the history of gardens in America, from the early colonial period to around 1850, to an audience of scholars and specialists. The goal of this site is not only provide a database of information about, for example, particular sites, images or people, but to provide a large corpus of textual and visual data that can be comparatively examined by scholars, enabling them to investigate landscapes in dynamic contexts and via materials which are rare and difficult to access. Because of the flexible nature of the online format, scholars will be able to consider landscapes as part of a larger set of processes--social, economic, political--rather than only as static sites.
+File:0521.jpg|link=Category:Places|<span style="font-family: sans-serif; color: #777777; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px;">PLACES</span><br><span style="font-size:13px; font-family: sans-serif">[[:File:0521.jpg|William Rush, ''North East or Franklin Public Square, Philadelphia'', 1824.]]</span>
-This site is a companion to the publication
+File:2180_cropped.jpg|link=Category:People|<span style="font-family: sans-serif; color: #777777; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px;">PEOPLE</span><br><span style="font-size:13px; font-family: sans-serif;">[[:File:2180_cropped.jpg|Anonymous, ''Deborah Norris [Logan] Portrait'', n.d.]]</span>
-[http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300101744 ''Keywords in American Landscape Design'' (Yale University Press, 2010)].
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+===''Welcome''===
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+A work in progress, the ''History of Early American Landscape Design'' digital resource represents an inquiry into the language of early American landscape aesthetics and garden design in the colonial and national periods. Thousands of texts are combined with a corpus of more than 1700 images in order to trace the development of landscape and garden terminology from British colonial America to the mid-19th century. By placing terms in relation to representations in the visual record, the project clarifies and corrects their meanings, providing for more “accurate” histories of designed landscapes in early America.
-Keywords<br/>
+The project is organized by 100 keywords, supported by 100 featured places and historical figures. Without claiming to be comprehensive, this project models an approach to the study of landscapes and gardens that helps scholars consider past cultural conditions, uncover former appearances, and better understand the experiences and meanings of designed environments as they were built, and also as they were imagined.
-[[Alley]]<br/>
+This site is a companion to the book [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300101744/keywords-american-landscape-design ''Keywords in American Landscape Design'' (Yale University Press, 2010)].
-[[Alcove]]
-Alcove
+Read more about CASVA [https://www.nga.gov/research/casva/research-projects.html research projects].
-Alley
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-Ancient style
-Arbor
-Arboretum
-Arcade
-Arch
-Avenue
-Aviary/Bird cage/Birdhouse
-Basin
-Bath/Bathhouse
-Bed
-Beehive
-Belvedere/Prospect tower/Observatory
-Border
-Botanic garden
-Bower
-Bowling green
-Bridge
-Canal
-Cascade/Cataract/Waterfall
-Cemetery/Burying ground/Burial ground
-Chinese manner
-Clump
-Column/Pillar
-Common
-Conservatory
-Copse
-Deer park
-Dovecote/Pigeon house
-Drive
-Dutch style
-Edging
-Eminence
-English style
-Espalier
-Fall/Falling garden
-Fence
-Ferme ornée/Ornamental farm
-Flower garden
-Fountain
-French style
-Gardenesque
-Gate/Gateway
-Geometric style
-Green
-Greenhouse
-Grotto
-Grove
-Ha-Ha/Sunk fence
-Hedge
-Hermitage
-Hothouse
-Icehouse
-Jet
-Kitchen garden
-Labyrinth
-Lake/Pond
-Landscape gardening
-Lawn
-Mall
-Meadow
-Modern style/Natural style
-Mound/Mount
-Nursery
-Obelisk
-Orangery
-Orchard
-Park
-Parterre
-Pavilion
-Piazza/Veranda/Porch/Portico
-Picturesque
-Plantation
-Pleasure ground/Pleasure garden
-Plot/Plat
-Pot
-Promenade
-Prospect
-Public garden/Public ground
-Quarter
-Rockwork/Rockery
-Rustic style
-Seat
-Shrubbery
-Square
-Statue
-Summerhouse
-Sundial
-Temple
-Terrace/Slope
-Thicket
-Trellis
-Vase/Urn
-View/Vista
-Walk
-Wall
-Wilderness
-Wood/Woods
-Yard
-== Getting started ==
+<div style="font-size:14px; font-family: sans-serif; color:#777777; line-height:2em;">Banner Images:</div>
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+<div style="font-size:14px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height:2em;">[[:File:0464.jpg|Nicolino Calyo, ''Harlem, the Country House of Dr. Edmondson'', 1834]]<br>
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+<div style="font-size:14px; font-family: sans-serif;">[[:File:1213.jpg|C. A. Hedin, “Front Elevation on Live Oak Street,” 1853]]<br></div>
+<div style="font-size:14px; font-family: sans-serif;">[[:File:0072.jpg|Thomas Jefferson, Plan of an orchard at Monticello, c. 1778]]<br></div>
+<div style="font-size:14px; font-family: sans-serif;">[[:File:0033.jpg|Robert Mills, ''Plan of the Mall'', Washington, DC, 1841]]</div>
+{{break}}