Vauxhall [ Sports & Leisure ]
… of sociability. With cultural entertainments such as concerts and exhibitions of paintings, it made polite pleasures a part of sociability. The activities it offered ranged from collective entertainment, such as a music kiosk to be heard by … entertainments like the fairground and that of cultural venues such as the concert hall and the picture gallery, putting artistic genres in the public sphere. Vauxhall thus contributed to the idea that polite pleasures defined new forms of … about, with tree-lined parallel walks (the Grand Walk being 900 feet long) and cross-walks (600 foot long). The visit started with ‘ the grove ‘ : a rectangular area near the entrance, with wilder groves beyond; to the left was a Rotunda …
Entertainement | Exhibitions | Gothic | Music | Nature | Pleasure gardens
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