Garden and Grove: The Italian Renaissance Garden in the English Imagination, 16-175
Author:   John Dixon Hunt
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780812216042


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 July 1996
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   John Dixon Hunt
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780812216042


ISBN 10:   0812216040
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 July 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Franklin Jasper Walls Lectures List of Illustrations Preface to the 1996 Edition Preface Introduction PART ONE. ITALY THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD 1 The Garden on the Grand Tour 2 Classical Ground and Classical Gardens 3 Villa and Vigna 4 Ovid in the Garden 5 Garden and Theatre 6 Cabinets of Curiosity 7 Variety 8 Art and Nature PART TWO. ENGLAND THE WORLD OF THE GARDEN 9 'My Patterne For A Countrey Seat' 10 'The Way of Italian Gardens' 11 'Palladian' Gardening Notes Index

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This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best... Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art. -Country Life


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John Dixon Hunt is Professor and Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, at the University of Pennsylvania. He edits the international Journal of Garden History and is senior editor of Word and Image. His publications include The Genius of the Place, The Figure in the Landscape, William Kent, and Gardens and the Picturesque.

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