Gardens of the tsars : a study of the aesthetics, semantics, and uses of the late 18th century Russian gardens / Margrethe Floryan.

Main entry:

Floryan, Margrethe.

Title & Author:

Gardens of the tsars : a study of the aesthetics, semantics, and uses of the late 18th century Russian gardens / Margrethe Floryan.

Publication:

Description:

263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and indexes.
Patrons & programs. Peter's western pattern -- Catherine's favourite garden -- Princely gardens -- The garden and the gentry -- Styles & semantics. From paradise to Mount Parnassus -- Calssical quotations -- Scenes of exotica -- Masonry and the Middle Ages -- Uses & users. Parties and other pursuits -- Poets and promenades -- Painters & perceptions -- Political platforms.
Dust jacket.
Includes summary in Russian.

Summary:

"In this study, Margrethe Floryan traces the development of the Russian garden tradition during Catherine's reign in the dual context of Russian roots and Western influence. Through the eyes of eighteenth-century poets, painters, and scholars, she reconstructs the appearance of the eighteenth-century parks and recreates the sensual experiences of their visitors. In the final section of the book, she traces the history of individual gardens up to the present day. Some were neglected during the Soviet period, others transformed as monumental parks or recreational areas. Today, Russia's citizens have re-awakened to the garden traditions of their Imperial past. The text is accompanied by more than a hundred illustrations, many of which have never before been published in the West."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0898310512
9780898310511
8772885579
9788772885575
8772885572

Subject:

Gardens Russia (Federation) History 18th century.
Gardens Symbolic aspects Russia (Federation) History 18th century.
Jardins Russie Histoire 18e siècle.
Jardins Aspect symbolique Russie Histoire 18e siècle.
Gardens.
Gardens Symbolic aspects.
Tuinarchitectuur.
Gardens Russia History 18th century.
Gardens Symbolic aspects Russia History 18th century.
Landscape architecture Russia History 18th century.
Garden structures Russia.
Russia (Federation)

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 135660
Call No.: SB466.R8.F58 (ID:97-B80)
Status: Available

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