18. YÜZYIL VE ERKEN 19. YÜZYIL BATI-AVRUPA BAHÇELERİNDE TURQUERIE

Abstract

tents and other inspired buildings were time and again set up at visually important points in the West-European landscape gardens in the 18th century and in the early 19th century. They reflected the gen­eral interest for Turkey felt among the more enlightened Europeans that manifested itself also in many other ways, e.g. music and masquerades. Tents were probably chosen as references for Turkey, because the tents of the army were renowned for their high quality. Yet, the tents made of fabric have - for obvious reasons - not survived as well as other garden buildings of the era. Therefore little research has so far been done on their role in the landscape gardens. In some gardens there were, however, also other Turkish buildings, for instance kiosks, mosques and pavilions that survived for a longer time, still exist or have occasionally been reconstructed. There can also have been further, ideological reasons for the buildings. They may sometimes have been erected to remind the garden visitors of the lofty principle that all people are brothers and equals - ideas first formulated by the freemasons and Rosicrucians. The members of these societies also believed that much of the ancient wisdom, especially mathematics, had been developed by the peoples living in the East Mediterranean area.