A Picturesque Vertical Montage: Auditory and Visual Sequences at Rousham Garden

Buck, David and Molinari, Carla (2022) A Picturesque Vertical Montage: Auditory and Visual Sequences at Rousham Garden. Landscape Research. ISSN 1469-9710

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Abstract

This article examines the under-researched relationship between the auditory and visual sequences of spatial experience at Rousham garden, a highly regarded Picturesque landscape. It examines historic sources and broader literature against contemporary data collected on-site, arguing that conventional readings of the Picturesque underplay the multisensory nature of spatial experience of these landscapes. It then argues that this relationship could be productively analysed and represented by vertical montage as defined by Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948), and in re-evaluating this auditory and visual experience, provides a new understanding of the Picturesque that moves beyond the conventional notions of the pleasures of seeing. Finally, in examining how this experience is related to time, movement, tempo and sound, it creates a new method for reading and representing design features from the senses of sound and vision.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Rousham Garden, Sergei Eisenstein, Vertical Montage, Multisensory Experience, Picturesque, William Kent, History and Theory of Landscape Design
Faculty:	Faculty of Science & Engineering
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic User
Depositing User:	Symplectic User
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2022 11:40
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2022 16:35
URI:	https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/707400

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