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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ of California Pr
Publication date November 1, 1985
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780520056299
ISBN-10 0520056299
Dimensions 0.50 by 7.50 by 10 in.
Weight 1.90 lbs.
Original list price $47.95
Other format details university press
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Summary
Looks at landscape designs and notes the philosophical, cultural, social, and aesthetic considerations underlying gardens throughout the world from the era of ancient Greece to contemporary times
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The spirit of a race or an age can be reflected even in the choice and use of plants: with the coming ofZen Buddhism, the Japanese practically ceased to grow flowers in their gardens, an attitude which Le Notre, garden designer ofVersailles, who once said 'flowers are for nursemaids' would doubtless have appreciated.
 
In this fascinating and highly informative book, Christopher Thacker tells the history of gardens from their origins in the 'natural' paradises of Greek myth to the present day.
 
Studying individual gardens or garden topics which are rep~ntative of an age or region, he builds up a comprehensive survey of the gardens and garden theories of an era.
 
Whether Dr Thacker is discussing garden philosophers and designers (Alberti, Mollet, de Vries, Capability Brown, Genrude Jekyll, Russell Page, and many others), or bringing to life the lost gardens of the past, like the Yuan Ming Yuan in Peling, or William Shenstone's the Leasowes, or surveying the weird and mysterious statuary of Bomarzo, his text is always absorbing and authoritative. Profusely illustrated, this book should become a classic on its subject.


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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780520037366
 
from Univ of California Pr (July 1, 1979)
9780520037366 | details & prices | 7.75 × 10.50 × 0.75 in. | 2.45 lbs | List price $85.00
About: Looks at landscape designs and notes the philosophical, cultural, social, and aesthetic considerations underlying gardens throughout the world from the era of ancient Greece to contemporary times
Paperback
Book cover for 9780520056299
 
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Reprint edition from Univ of California Pr (November 1, 1985); titled "The History of Gardens"
9780520056299 | details & prices | 7.50 × 10.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.90 lbs | List price $47.95
About: Looks at landscape designs and notes the philosophical, cultural, social, and aesthetic considerations underlying gardens throughout the world from the era of ancient Greece to contemporary times

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