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Visions of Arcadia : European gardens from Renaissance to Rococo / text and photographs by May Woods.
Main entry:

Woods, May.

Title & Author:

Visions of Arcadia : European gardens from Renaissance to Rococo / text and photographs by May Woods.

Publication:

London : Aurum, 1996.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Illustrations on lining-papers.
Illustrations on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.
The Renaissance : 1450-1600. Medieval gardens ; The birth of the Renaissance ; Italian gardens of the high Renaissance ; Peace, profusion and mannerism ; Renaissance gardens in France ; The garden in Tudor England ; Hans Vredeman de Vries -- Baroque splendour : 1600-1660. The birth of baroque in Italy ; Early baroque in France ; Salomon de Caus ; Mounts and mounts Parnassus ; Stuart gardens of England ; Isola Bella ; The gardens of Spain -- The climax of baroque : 1660-1720. Louis XIV ; Le Nôtre and his influence ; The French style in Italy ; Franco-Dutch gardens of the Netherlands ; Foreign influences in England and Scotland ; The gardens of Germany ; Spanish and Portuguese baroque -- Rococo : 1720-1800. The birth of rococo in France ; The English version of rococo ; The Gothick taste in England ; Exoticism ; Pleasure gardens ; Continental variations ; Iberia and Queluz -- Conclusion.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.
Dust jacket.
ISBN:

1854104292
9781854104298

Subject:

Gardens Europe History.
Gardens, European History.
Gardens, Renaissance.
Gardens, Baroque.
Gardens, Rococo.
Jardins européens Histoire.
Jardins de la Renaissance.
Jardins baroques.
Jardins rococo.
Gardens.
Gardens, European.
Tuinen.
Jardins Europe Histoire.
Architecture des jardins Histoire.
Europe.
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 126267
Call No.: ID:97-B102
Status: Available

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