The picturesque garden in Europe / John Dixon Hunt.

Main entry:

Hunt, John Dixon, author.

Title & Author:

The picturesque garden in Europe / John Dixon Hunt.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2002.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-202) and index.
What, how and when was the picturesque garden? -- Early English picturesque -- The picturesque climax: theory and practice -- Translating from the English -- French picturesque in practice -- Beyond Anglomania -- Conclusion -- Bibliographical essays -- Index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

As well as looking at the two key players in the development of the picturesque garden - England and France - John Dixon Hunt further samples its diffusion in Scandinavia, Russia, the German-speaking lands and Italy up to the 1840s.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0500510857 hardcover
9780500510858 hardcover

Subject:

Gardens, English England History.
Gardens, French France History.
Gardens Europe History.
Picturesque, The.
Jardins anglais Angleterre Histoire.
Jardins français France Histoire.
Jardins Europe Histoire.
Pittoresque.
Gardens.
Gardens, English.
Gardens, French.
Gardens France History.
England.
Europe.
France.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224792
Call No.: SB466.E9 H8 2002
Status: Available

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