Main entry:

Hunt, John Dixon.

Title & Author:

A world of gardens / John Dixon Hunt.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2012.

Description:

368 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the garden world and the world of gardens -- Sacred landscapes from Delphi to Yosemite -- Hunting parks to amusement parks -- Ancient Roman gardens and their types -- Islamic and Mughal gardens -- Western medieval gardens : from cloister to suburban backyard -- The Renaissance recovery of antique garden forms and usages -- The Paragone of art and nature in the Renaissance and later -- The botanical garden, the arboretum and the cabinet of curiosities -- Garden as theatre -- The garden of 'betweenity' : between André Le Nôtre and William Kent -- Leaping the ha-ha; or, how the larger landscape invaded the garden -- The role of the 'natural' garden from 'Capability' Brown to Dan Kiley -- The Chinese garden and the collaboration of the arts -- Follies, fabriques and picturesque play -- The invention of the public park -- National parks and international exhibition gardens -- Japanese gardens and their legacy to the West -- Arts and crafts gardens : the artist back in the garden -- The prose and poetry of modern landscape architecture -- The once and future garden.

Summary:

Explains how cultural differences and local geography have affected the development of gardens and gardening from Roman times to the present.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781861898807
1861898800

Subject:

Gardens History.
Gardens Design History.
Landscape architecture History.
Jardins Architecture Histoire.
Architecture du paysage Histoire.
Gardens.
Gardens Design.
Landscape architecture.
Garten

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278207
Call No.: BIB 213717
Status: Available