Format:
368 S. :
,
zahlr. Ill., Kt. ;
,
26 cm.
ISBN:
978-1-86189-880-7
,
1-86189-880-0
Content:
Sacred landscapes from Delphi to Yosemite -- Hunting parks to amusement parks -- Ancient Roman gardens and their types -- Islamic and Mughal gardens -- Western medieval gardens : from cloister to suburban backyard -- The Renaissance recovery of antique garden forms and usages -- The Paragone of art and nature in the Renaissance and later -- The botanical garden, the arboretum and the cabinet of curiosities -- Garden as theatre -- The garden of "betweenity" : between André Le Nôtre and William Kent -- Leaping the ha-ha; or, How the larger landscape invaded the garden -- The role of the "natural" garden from "Capability" Brown to Dan Kiley -- The Chinese garden and the collaboration of the arts -- Follies, fabriques and picturesque play -- The invention of the public park -- National parks and international exhibition gardens -- Japanese gardens and their legacy to the West -- Arts and crafts gardens: the artist back in the garden -- The prose and poetry of modern landscape architecture -- The once and future garden
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-359) and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Gartenkunst
;
Landschaftsgestaltung
;
Einführung
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=025086572&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Author information:
Hunt, John Dixon, 1936-