Introduction to Garden Design and Landscape Architecture. Definitions, theories and practices. Historical review of garden design and landscape architecture. Analysis of designs, trends and styles dated between antiquity and the late 19th century [Antiquity (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Greece, Rome), Medieval (Byzantium, Islam, Western Europe, Moorish gardens of Spain), Rennaisance (Italy, France - Andre Le Notre, Netherlands, United Kingdom – André Mollet), naturalistic English Gardens (Capability Brown, Humphrey Repton), Far East (China, Japan), Eclectic (Victorian) English Gardens (John Claudius Loudon, Joseph Paxton), Αrts and Craft movement in the United Kingdom (Gertrude Jekyll). For each era representative works are presented and analysed emphasising the design principles that contribute to the aesthetic and functional expression of the landscape, the evolution of peoples perceptions for the landscape as well as the influence on the evolution of landscape architecture and contemporary works.
