Vauxhall [ Sports & Leisure ]
… layout was planned to encourage the blend of such modes of sociability, ranging from open spaces and cultural venues to more intimate structures. It became one of the major pleasure gardens in London from the late seventeenth … fee was a shilling. It combined the sociability of popular 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 …
Entertainement | Exhibitions | Gothic | Music | Nature | Pleasure gardens
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