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1	Roads designed for pleasure : British influences on the American Motor Parkway Marriott, Paul Daniel January 2016 (has links) By 1800 the idea of pleasure driving, traveling through the landscape in a vehicle to appreciate nature and scenery, became not only popular, but also practical. What began in Britain as a recreational pastime for the upper classes soon found its way to the public parks of America and became the "Sunday Drive" of the early automobile era. This thesis demonstrates that a critical convergence of science and theory at the end of the eighteenth century propelled the development of the first roads constructed for no purpose other than driving for pleasure. Leading this movement was the renowned landscape gardener Humphry Repton. This thesis will examine the convergence of theory and science, using Repton as the central historical figure. By tracing the dissemination of his writings on roads, it will demonstrate his influence on the design of pleasure roads in nineteenth century America and, by extension, the automobile parkways of the early twentieth century. To do so, it will focus on the transatlantic conversations of four men: John Claudius Loudon, Andrew Jackson Downing, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, during a period which saw the ascendency of the profession of landscape architecture in America with the development of the rural cemetery and New York's Central Park. Beginning with Brooklyn's Prospect Park it will establish the physical and philosophical origins of the first "park-‐ways" created to address metropolitan growth and pleasure driving, and assess the impact of the public health movement, through river reclamation, in defining the serpentine alignment that would come to distinguish the parkway form. Lastly, it will trace the legacy of these influences as American landscape architects designed a new class of pleasure roads expressly for the motorcar-culminating in 1925 with the Bronx River Parkway in Westchester County, New York-the first automobile parkway in the world.
2	Viking eller Pirat? Pirat eller Viking? Det är Frågan : En ifrågasättande problematisering av viking som pirat genom ett större komparativt perspektiv. / Viking or Pirate? Pirate or Viking? That is the Question : A questioning problematization of Viking as pirate through a bigger perspective. Olsson, Johanna Caroline January 2022 (has links) Vikings and pirates have been studied through the years in both the archaeological and historical disciplines. Both have been compared with each other, especially if Vikings can be classified as pirates or if they practiced piracy. The stereotypical descriptions and definitions of both terms may have contributed to the above-mentioned comparisons between Vikings and pirates in search after similarities and/or differences. Vikings have and are still portrayed as savages ravaging along European coasts, robbing cities, burning churches, and violating innocents, whose actions left behind devastation and chaos. Pirates have also been classified as violent individuals, especially sea bandits or sailors who attacked both friend and foe, seizing property and/or people through violence at sea. This thesis will problematise, question, analyse and discuss if studies about pirates and pirate societies can contribute to today’s understanding of Vikings, namely to study and examine them through the perspective of pirate studies. Separate geographical areas with Viking and pirate presence have been selected in England, Ireland, the Baltic Sea region, and the Bahamas. The overwintering camps of Torksey and Repton in England, together with Dublin in Ireland concerns Viking activity. Meanwhile, Visby and Vivesholm in the Baltic Sea with piracy carried out by the Victual Brothers, together with Nassau in the Bahamas represents pirates and piracy. In addition, the above will also be analysed and discussed through an application of three selected theoretical frameworks: agency theory, actor-network theory, and the concept of utopias. The problematisation will also be examined through a determination of the terms Viking and pirate, an application of hydrarchy, and how the colonization of areas and establishment of smaller communities functioned for each actor. Viking pirate Torksey Repton Victual Brothers Visby Vivesholm Nassau hydrarchy utopia actor-network theory agency theory. Viking pirat Torksey Repton Vitaliebröderna Visby Vivesholm Nassau hydrarchy utopi nätverksteori agensteori. Archaeology Arkeologi
3	The development of the picturesque and the Knight-Price-Repton controversy Dyck, Dorothy January 1991 (has links) In recent years the history of the garden has enjoyed increased attention within scholarly circles. Of particular interest is the history of the formation of the Picturesque garden. The ideas of three men, Richard Payne Knight, Uvedale Price, and Humphry Repton, are central to the evolution of Picturesque theory as related to the garden. The conflict among them has become known as the Picturesque Controversy. Due to misguided interpretations by modern scholars, however, the essence of the dispute has been obscured. Through a discussion of the development of Picturesque theory and a comparison of the actual points of difference between the above mentioned theorists, this paper proposes to expose the essential elements of the debate. It also demonstrates that, while all three participants are attempting to reach beyond the practices of their own century, it is Humphry Repton who distinguishes himself as the true herald of modern society and its attitude toward the garden. Knight, Richard Payne, 1750-1824 Price, Uvedale, Sir, 1747-1829. Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818 Landscape gardening Picturesque, The
4	The development of the picturesque and the Knight-Price-Repton controversy Dyck, Dorothy January 1991 (has links) No description available. Knight, Richard Payne, 1750-1824 Picturesque, The Price, Uvedale, Sir, 1747-1829. Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818 Landscape gardening

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