Wasteland : a history / Vittoria Di Palma.

Main entry:

Di Palma, Vittoria, author.

Title & Author:

Wasteland : a history / Vittoria Di Palma.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 265 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"In Wasteland, Vittoria Di Palma takes on the 'anti-picturesque, ' offering an account of landscapes that have traditionally drawn fear and contempt."--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wasteland -- Improvement -- Swamp -- Mountain -- Forest -- Wilderness, wasteland, garden.
Text in English.

Summary:

"In Wasteland, Vittoria Di Palma takes on the 'anti-picturesque, ' offering an account of landscapes that have traditionally drawn fear and contempt."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
View record details on Penryn Campus Library Catalogue

ISBN:

9780300197792 (alk. paper)
0300197799 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscapes.
Landscape design.
Paysages.
Aménagement paysager.
landscapes (environments)
Ödland
Urbarmachung
Gartenbau
Landschaftsgestaltung
Gartenkunst
Naturverständnis
Landschaftsbild
Das Naturschöne
Kunst
Ästhetik

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287057
Call No.: BIB 227814
Status: Available

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