European Garden Design: From Classical Antiquity to the Present Day

Kluckert, Ehrenfried; Toman, Rolf, eds.

ISBN 10: 3829022891 / ISBN 13: 9783829022897

Edité par Konemann, Columbia, New York, U.S.A., 2000

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First edition. Folio. Cloth binding, 493 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. Lushly illustrated with nearly 500 color photographs, this book offers a thorough account of how the art of garden design developed since antiquity, discussing its most important periods and theories with numerous examples. The cultural history of gardens is closely tied to human aspiration. According to most of the world's creation stories, the human race began in an enclosed garden with trees, blossoms, fruits and clear springs. This passion for shaping the abundance of nature runs throughout history, while each era is characterized by a different style, including sacred groves and gardens in ancient Greece and Rome, the hidden hortus conclusus of the Middle Ages, and the Moorish gardens of Spain, with their strong Islamic influences. The majority of the book is dedicated to the European gardens of the Renaissance, Baroque, Enlightenment, and Romantic eras?about 1500 to 1850. New in new dustjacket.

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• Titre: European Garden Design: From Classical Antiquity to the Present Day
• Éditeur: Konemann, Columbia, New York, U.S.A.
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3829022891
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783829022897
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Gardens, Gardening, Horticulture

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Gardens are idyllic refuges where we can find tranquillity, recuperation and enjoyment. The cultural history of gardens is closely bound up with man's hopes and longings. According to most of the world's creation stories, the human race began in an en-closed garden with trees, blossoms, fruits and clear springs. This passion for shaping the abundance of nature runs throughout history from the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the rich tradition of European garden design.This book gives a complete picture of the development of the art of garden design and its most important periods and theories, along with numerous examples of representative gardens.