PROPAGANDA IN PARADISE: THE SYMBOLIC GARDEN CREATED BY THE EARL OF LEICESTER AT KENILWORTH, WARWICKSHIRE

摘要

The garden at Kenilworth, Warwickshire, is currently being recreated, reflecting the design and plantings of 1575. Archaeological work has been completed, and the layout, construction and placement of the main architectural features has finished. Planting began in the spring of 2008, and the white marble fountain which is being carved will be installed in the spring of 2009. The formal opening of the garden will be in 2009. This paper portrays the garden at Kenilworth from a symbolic and cultural point of view and, by exploring contemporary trends, Renaissance theory, and the cultural, social and political climate, another and equally fascinating picture of Robert Dudley the Earl of Leicester's garden is revealed.