The garden : visions of paradise

Author(s)

    • Zuylen, Gabrielle van

Bibliographic Information

The garden : visions of paradise

Gabrielle van Zuylen

(New horizons)

Thames and Hudson, 1995

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Translated from the French

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The garden is an expression of our ability to make nature into art. This pocket-sized book of the "New Horizons" series examines the evolution of the garden over more than 2000 years, exploring some of the most beautiful gardens in the world, from antiquity, medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, classical France, 18th-century England and the modern day.

Table of Contents

  • The gardens of antiquity and the legacy of Islam
  • the medieval garden
  • the gardens of Renaissance Italy
  • formality triumphant - the classic French garden
  • planting pictures - the English landscape garden
  • from eclecticism to modernism
  • the great gardens of Europe.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB14277670
  • ISBN
    • 0500300550
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    175 p.
  • Size
    18 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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