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A world of gardens
Author
Title
A world of gardens [electronic resource] / John Dixon Hunt.
ISBN
9781780233789 (electronic bk.)
1780233787 (electronic bk.)
9781861898807
1861898800
Published
London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
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Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : the garden world and the world of gardens
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.
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