Lyubchenko O. Park in the context of leisure and entertainment paradigms of Europeanculture

This dissertation analyzes the insufficiently explored in the national cultural problem of the historical development of the park as a leisure and entertainment space. Outlined the historical stages of formation and development of the park as natural and anthropogenic leisure and entertainment space, views and changing the conceptual basis of parks. On the basis of existing literature, data, periodicals, photos and videos, as well as our own observations the author clarified some aspects of the institutionalization of parks in the Ukrainian lands, revealed the features of parks in accordance with the change leisure and entertainment paradigms of European culture, modern trends of development of parks in Europe and in Ukraine.