Actieprijs Heavenly caves – Miller, Naomi

This is the only single work devoted exclusively to the history of the garden grotto – the caves in landscape gardens that were artificially enhanced by waterfalls and ornamental delights to imitate, control and even surpass the effects of nature. Praised by writers from Pliny to Pope, the grotto has a rich and varied tradition: it originated as a motif in the classical world, where it was a ubiquitous feature imbued with mythological and oracular symbolism. Its popularity was renewed in the Renaissance gar…