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INVENTING THE GARDEN, History of Western Garden Design, Fabulous Illustrations
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Special Attributes
- Illustrated
- ISBN
- 9781606060476
- Subject
- Home & Garden
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Getty Publications
ISBN-10
1606060473
ISBN-13
9781606060476
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102800904
Product Key Features
Book Title
Inventing the Garden
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Garden Design
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Gardening
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
11.8 in
Item Width
9.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-010538
Reviews
"A reader, running a finger along one of the winding garden paths in this volume, can get lost in reverie."- The Wall Street Journal, "For the authors, gardens are never merely collections of plants. They are lenses through which we can perceive the aesthetics, intellectual fashions, and prevailing politics of the day."-- Publishers Weekly, "A reader, running a finger along one of the winding garden paths in this volume, can get lost in reverie."-- The Wall Street Journal, "For the authors, gardens are never merely collections of plants. They are lenses through which we can perceive the aesthetics, intellectual fashions, and prevailing politics of the day."- Publishers Weekly, "A lush history of the garden in Western culture. . . . An absorbing narrative and a rich treasure chest of images."-- Books & Culture, A lush history of the garden in Western culture. . . . An absorbing narrative and a rich treasure chest of images."— Books & Culture
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
712.09
Synopsis
The authors trace the evolution of the Western garden from the first plots cultivated for pleasure in the Middle East to today s diverse green spaces that challenge traditional ideas about what constitutes a garden. They examine the changing attitude toward nature as something to be dominated or embraced, ordered or allowed to range freely, exploited or conserved. Examples of the highly prescribed "hortus conclusus" or enclosed spaces of the Middle Ages are found in the Italian Renaissance gardens and the symmetries of Versailles and Les Tuileries. After the rise of Romanticism in the late eighteenth century, English gardeners such as William Kent and Capability Brown embraced the concept that nature should prevail over man s manipulation of it and created gardens that broke through traditional enclosures. A century later, while the American West witnessed both the conquering spirit of the homesteaders and the first stirrings of the conservation movement, urban parks and gardens were created as oases to which all people had access. The book concludes with a look at contemporary gardens, where efforts to reclaim landscapes and repurpose crumbling infrastructure are taking place within an atmosphere of ecological sensitivity appreciating the idea that the whole planet is a garden and all who live in it are gardeners.", The authors trace the evolution of the Western garden from the first plots cultivated for pleasure in the Middle East to today's diverse green spaces that challenge traditional ideas about what constitutes a garden. They examine the changing attitude toward nature--as something to be dominated or embraced, ordered or allowed to range freely, exploited or conserved. Examples of the highly prescribed hortus conclusus or enclosed spaces of the Middle Ages are found in the Italian Renaissance gardens and the symmetries of Versailles and Les Tuileries. After the rise of Romanticism in the late eighteenth century, English gardeners such as William Kent and "Capability" Brown embraced the concept that nature should prevail over man's manipulation of it and created gardens that broke through traditional enclosures. A century later, while the American West witnessed both the conquering spirit of the homesteaders and the first stirrings of the conservation movement, urban parks and gardens were created as oases to which all people had access. The book concludes with a look at contemporary gardens, where efforts to reclaim landscapes and repurpose crumbling infrastructure are taking place within an atmosphere of ecological sensitivity--appreciating the idea that the whole planet is a garden and all who live in it are gardeners.
LC Classification Number
SB451.V46513 2011
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