About this course

The course gives an overview of histories of garden art and landscape architecture and some theoretical discourses. In addition, information is provided on the rehabilitation of historical gardens.The course is structured on the basis of lectures and individual assignments.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: The student should have an overview of the most important stylistic eras in the history of garden art and their characteristics, and have an understanding of the social context and the theoretical perspectives that characterize the different phases.

Skills: The student must present subject matter in writing in a way that illuminates an issue in the history of garden art and landscape architecture. The student must be able to identify historical characteristics and discuss various works of garden art and landscape architecture as historically situated cultural expressions.

Competence: The student should be able to explain connections in the development of history and have insight into the relevance of history to current academic and societal issues and challenges.

  • Learning activities

    Literature studies, participation in lectures, sketch- and writing assignments, discussions, presentations and trips to historic gardens and landscapes.

  • Syllabus

    Listen nedenfor angir relevant litteratur for faget. Litteraturen konkretiseres til ulike tema med utgangspunkt i denne listen. Justeringer kan forekomme.

    Apall-Olsen, Linken: «Lys, luft og grønt til folket. Grønn funksjonalisme i Oslo». Fremtid for fortiden, s. 62-73.

    Barlow Rogers, Elizabeth: Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2001.

    Bruun, Magne: Norske hager gjennom tusen år. Andresen og Butenschøn, Oslo, 2007.

    Clark, Frank. "Nineteenth-Century Public Parks from 1830." Garden History, Vol. 1, no. 3, The Garden History Society 1973, pp. 31-41. Tilgjengelig via Oria: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1586332.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A7631dda168b055b527ae4cde554804eb&ab_segments=&origin=

    Danbolt, G., 1991: «Kunsten mellom historie og aktualitet», I Gundersen, K. og S. Wikshåland: "EST II. : Grunnlagsproblemer i estetisk forskning". Norges allmennvitenskapelige Forskningsråd.

    Eggen, Mette og Magne Bruun: Hagekunstens historie i Norge. Byggekunst 6, 1992 (s. 348-373). Tilgjengelig her Hagekunstens historie i Norge - Arkitektur N (arkitektur-n.no)

    Essen, Madeleine Von, and Det Norske Hageselskap. Hager Til Lyst Og Nytte: Hagekunsten Gjennom Tusen år. Oslo: Schibsted, 1997.

    Girot, Christophe: The course of landscape architecture. Thames & Hudson, New York, 2016.

    Hauxner, Malene. Fantasiens Have : Det Moderne Gennembrud I Havekunsten Og Sporene I Byens Landskab, 1993, 357.

    Hauxner, Malene. Med Himlen Som Loft : Det Moderne Gennembruds Anden Fase 1950-1970 : Bygning Og Landskab, Rum Og Værker, Byens Landskab. København: Arkitektens Forl, 2002.

    Hauxner, Malene. Fra Naturlig Til Supernatur : Europæisk Landskabsarkitektur 1967-2007 Set Fra Danmark. Ikaros. Risskov: Ikaros Press, 2011.

    Hunt, John Dixon: A world of gardens. Reaktion Books, London, 2012.

    Hunt, J. D. 2000: Greater perfections: The Practice of Garden Theory Chapter 8: "Toward a new historiography and new practices". Univ. of Pennsylvania Press.

    Osuldsen, Jenny B. (red.): Utestemmer: Pionertid i norsk landskapsarkitektur 1900-1960. Orfeus, Oslo, 2019.

    Rønsen, Berit. "1930-tallets nutidshage. Funksjonalismen på hagekunstens arena". Arkitektur 1, 2023, (s. 43-61).

    Landskab, temanumre om landskapshager og arts and crafts i England 1/2018 (hhv: s.2-17 og 18-35); renessansehager i Firenze 2/2017; Vaux le Vicomte/barokken 2/2016. Tilgjengelig her:

    Tidsskriftet Landskab - Danske Landskabsarkitekter Danske Landskabsarkitekter

    Arkitektur N 6/2019, Kanon landskapsarkitektur.

  • Prerequisites

    LAA115 or similar competence.

  • Recommended prerequisites

    1. year M-LA.

  • Assessment method

    Assignment. Passed - not passed

    Assignment Karakterregel: Letter grades

  • About use of AI

    K3. Use of AI is permitted, but must be in line with the guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) at NMBU: retningslinjene for bruk av kunstig intelligens (KI) ved NMBU.

    Descriptions of AI-category codes.

  • Examiner scheme

    Assignment will be evaluated by one internal examiner.

  • Mandatory activity

    Qualification exercises and assignments (individual and in groups) in the form of e.g. sketches, discussions, feedback on the work of others, presentations and full day site visit. Compulsory activities may vary from year to year and must be completed again if the student does not complete the course and wishes to take the exam at a later date.

  • Teaching hours

    Approximately 30 hours of lectures/seminars, ca 95 hours self study/self organized work with assigments

  • Preferential right

    M-LA B-LI if vacant seats.