Mediterranean Landscape Design /anglais - Couverture souple

Jones, Louisa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 050029111X ISBN 13 : 9780500291115

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Mediterranean Landscape Design Human beings have been transforming Mediterranean landscapes into art for at least thirty thousand years. This multifaceted region. This book offers a vision of the Mediterranean, past and future, linking cultural diversity and natural balance as discovered in its gardens, landscape design, literature, art and architecture. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Illustrated with hundreds of exceptional photographs by award-winning photographer Clive Nichols, and drawing on nearly forty years of exploration by Louisa Jones, this book offers a fresh vision of the Mediterranean, past and future, linking cultural diversity and natural balance as discovered in its gardens, landscape design, literature, art and architecture. Divided into eleven sections built around themes such as stoneworks, earthworks, woodworks and seascapes, each of the featured works observes the logic of place as determined by climate, geology, flora and fauna, architecture and land use. The book includes well-known designers such as Heidi Gildemeister, Mary Keen, Arnaud Maurières and Eric Ossart, Jacqueline Morabito, Paolo Pejrone and Nicole de Vésian, as well as land artists such as Andy Goldsworthy, Ian Hamilton Finlay and herman de vries. Glorious locations include the romantic landscaped ruins of Ninfa in Italy; hidden gardens in Venice; a lichen boulevard in the Ardèche mountains; trees turned into sculptures in Provence; hardscaping in southern Morocco; and the quarries at Bibémus that once inspired Paul Cézanne. It comes complete with a listing of useful contact details for practitioners and sites to visit.

Revue de presse :

One of the dozens of sites documented in Louisa Jones's 'Mediterranean Landscape Design'.... [Ian Hamilton] Finlay's Proven al fantasy is a testament to the universality of his art, as much at home among olive and lavender terraces as the flinty hills of Scotland. --.

Clive Nichols's photos bring this book alive ... great ideas. --The Professional Gardener

Showcases the best of Mediterranean garden design. --The Herald

Clive Nichols's wonderful photography captures the landscape, in all its astonishing variety and beauty. --House & Garden

Showcases the best of Mediterranean garden design. --The Herald

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 050029111X
• ISBN 13: 9780500291115
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224