Pleasure gardens [ Sports & Leisure ]
… playing’, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1755. Abstract Pleasure gardens were a type of eighteenth-century public spaces which offered diverse forms of entertainment for their visitors. Their spatial design coincided with the growth of … Entertainement Fashion Gardens Music Nature Taste Pleasure gardens were a particular type of eighteenth-century sociable spaces. Usually privately-owned, these enclosed outdoor grounds welcomed paying visitors who sought various … assembly rooms in England and France, and activities like art exhibitions. These commercial venues would also encourage sociable interactions that promoted mixing and mingling in ‘the newly inclusive arena of public’. 3 Initially, the …
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