Gardens Through History: Nature Perfected
Author:   William Howard Adams ,  Everett H. Scott
Publisher:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
ISBN:  

9780896599192


Pages:   356
Publication Date:   01 October 1991
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Beginning with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece and Rome, this work uncovers the evidence of gardening through the art, history and literature of these early sites of culture, as well as later findings of archaeology. It then moves to such later civilizations as Islam and Mughal India.

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Author:   William Howard Adams ,  Everett H. Scott
Publisher:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Imprint:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 25.00cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   2.150kg
ISBN:  

9780896599192


ISBN 10:   0896599191
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   01 October 1991
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

I Looking for Eden: the garden in the ancient world; gardens before Rome; Egypt; Rome. II The earthly paradise: the Middle Ages; the Islamic garden; Mughal India. III Labours in perfection: Italy; France. IV The genius of the place: the English garden before; the revolution; the landscaping of England; the English landscape garden outside of England. V Gardens of the East: the Chinese garden; the Japanese garden. VI The New World: colonial American gardens; the changing American landscape; Victorian garden dilemmas; 20th-century solutions.

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This is a lavish, colour tour through the history of gardening. There are discussions and photographs from wonderful early gardens such as Montacute House, Somerset, Chinese gardens and the garden that surrounds the Taj Mahal, right up to today's examples by designers such as Luis Barragan or Roberto Burle Marx in South America. A well-researched and well-written book. (Kirkus UK)


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