Main entry:

Hunt, John Dixon.

Title & Author:

Greater perfections : the practice of garden theory / John Dixon Hunt.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2000.

Description:

xiii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index.
"First principles" or "rudiments" -- What on earth is a garden? -- The idea of a garden and the three natures -- Representation -- Word and image in the garden -- Gardens in word and image -- Historical excursus: late seventeenth-century garden theory -- Toward a new historiography and new practices -- Conclusion: The tune of the garden.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"If gardening is most usually thought of as a practical activity, John Dixon Hunt's book explores the theoretical or conceptual basis of garden art." "Greater Perfections explores the meanings of "garden" and its relationship to other interventions into the natural world. It looks at the role of verbal and visual languages in place-making, as well as the fashion in which gardens have been represented in the visual and literary arts. But above all, it offers a new and challenging account of the role of representation in garden art itself."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0812235061 (alk. paper)
9780812235067 (alk. paper)
0500019797
9780500019795

Subject:

Gardens Philosophy.
Jardins Philosophie.
21.74 landscape architecture and garden design.
Gartenkunst
Garten
Philosophie
Theorie
Ästhetik
Tuinarchitectuur.
Architecture des jardins.

Added entries:

Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 210640
Call No.: SB454.3.P45 H8 2000
Status: Available