Essay on gardens : a chapter in the French picturesque translated into English for the first time / Claude-Henri Watelet ; edited and translated by Samuel Danon ; introduction by Joseph Disponzio.

Main entry:

Watelet, Claude-Henri, 1718-1786.

Title & Author:

Essay on gardens : a chapter in the French picturesque translated into English for the first time / Claude-Henri Watelet ; edited and translated by Samuel Danon ; introduction by Joseph Disponzio.

Publication:

Description:

vi, 90 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series:

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87).
Introduction / Joseph Disponzio -- Essay on Gardens -- On Gardens -- Utilitarian Establishments -- The Embellished Farm -- Early Parks -- Modern Parks -- The Nature of the Terrain -- Orientation -- Trees -- Water -- Space -- Flowers -- Rocks and Grottoes -- Garden Styles -- The Poetic Style -- The Romantic Style -- Pleasure Gardens -- The Chinese Garden -- The French Garden -- Letter to a Friend.

Summary:

The result is a horticultural and ecological laboratory that includes a residence, a farm, stables, a dairy, an apiary, a mill, walks, vistas, flower beds, an area reserved for medicinal plants, decorative statues, a medical laboratory, and even a small infirmary for ailing members of the community." "Given the wide scholarly interest in the field of garden design and its history, this first English edition of Watelet's small but influential book will interest historians of landscape design as well as students of the history of architecture."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0812237226 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780812237221 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardens France Early works to 1800.
Gardens, French Early works to 1800.
Picturesque, The Early works to 1800.
Jardins France Ouvrages avant 1800.
Jardins français Ouvrages avant 1800.
Pittoresque Ouvrages avant 1800.
Gardens.
Gardens, French.
Picturesque, The.
Gartenkunst
Ästhetik
Frankreich Gartenkunst Ästhetik Geschichte 1774.
France.
Frankreich

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Danon, Samuel, 1937-
Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228529
Call No.: NA44.W3245.A35 2003
Status: Available

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