Vauxhall [ Sports & Leisure ]
… Leisure Keywords Entertainement Exhibitions Gothic Music Nature Pleasure gardens Vauxhall pleasure garden was one of the public outdoor places of sociability: the ‘ pleasure gardens’ would enable visitors, for a fee, to meet acquaintances … the garden to meet occasional acquaintances, dining in an arbour with one’s own circle, attending concerts with a larger public. The architectural layout was planned to encourage the blend of such modes of sociability, ranging from open … 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 sociability. It invited the …
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