Main entry:

Hirschfeld, Christian Cajus Lorenz, 1742-1792, author.

Title & Author:

Theory of garden art / C.C.L. Hirshfeld ; edited and translated by Linda B. Parshall.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.

Description:

vii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Notes:
"Originally published in five volumes, 1779-85 as Theorie der Gartenkunst by M.G. Weidmanns Erben und Reich, Leipzig"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-485).
Theory of garden art. Volume I. Preliminary reflections. First section: A view into gardens of the ancients and the moderns -- Second section: Examination of old and new taste in gardens -- Third section: On garden art as a fine art -- Fourth section: On the function and dignity of gardens -- pt. one. First section: On the elements of the beautiful natural landscape in general -- Second section: On the various characters of landscape and their effects -- Volume 2. pt. two. First section: On garden sites -- Second section: On woody plants -- Third section: On flowers -- Fourth section: On grass -- Fifth section: On water -- Sixth section: On paths and walkways -- Volume III. pt. three. On works of art in gardens. First section: On summer residences and country houses -- Second section: On small garden buildings -- Third section: Temples, grottoes, hermitages, chapels, and ruins -- Fourth section: On resting places, bridges, and gates -- Fifth section: On statues, monuments, and inscriptions -- Volume IV. Pt four. First section: Assorted observations on the new garden taste -- Second section: Towards a definition of the garden -- pt. five. Definition of the different types of gardens. First section: Gardens according to different climates -- Second section: Gardens according to different locations -- Third section: Gardens according to the character of the region -- Fourth section: Gardens according to the seasons -- Volume V. First section: Gardens or scenes according to time of day -- Sixth section: Gardens according to the character of their owners -- Seventh section: Gardens whose character depends on circumstances -- Eighth section: Garden-related improvements in parts of a country residence.

Summary:

"Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld was perhaps the most important writer on gardens and landscape in eighteenth-century Germany. Acclaimed as the "father of landscape garden art," his writings were influential not just in Germany but also in France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Russia. Popular with both experts and amateurs, Hirschfeld had a significant effect on the development of European garden design, as well as on the establishment of public parks of his era. His celebration of the natural world sprang from his intellectual roots in Englightened rationalism, but rather than following the systematic scientific strategy of his forerunners, Hirschfeld formulated a more popular approach that appealed to both the emotions and the reason of his audience. His five-volume Theory of Garden Art, published simultaneously in German and French between 1779 and 1785, is by far the most comprehensive of his works, and well-informed gardeners of the time consider it indispensable." "Although Hirschfeld's significance has increasingly been recognized in contemporary landscape scholarship, his works have not yet appeared in English. In this one-volume abridged edition Linda Parshall translates the essential aspects of the Theory of Garden Art, Hirschfeld's seminal work. This book will be a useful and authoritative contribution to both the history of landscape architecture and German cultural history."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0812235843 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780812235845 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardens Philosophy.
Landscape gardening.
Gardens Design.
Jardins Philosophie.
Jardins Architecture.
landscape gardening.
Tuinarchitectuur.
Theorieën.
Architecture des jardins 18e siècle.
Architecture du paysage 18e siècle.
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Added entries:

Parshall, Linda B.
Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217532
Call No.: SB454.3.P45 H5 2001
Status: Available