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Artwork Types > Landscape design
Branch of architecture involving design of the scenic environment, with the aim of creating a natural setting for human structures and settlements.
1922
1890–2021
1999–2003
18th century
1890–93
1900–14
c. 1750s
1513–26 with later modifications
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