A World of Gardens
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1780235062 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
caren yglesias said A masterpiece. Occasionally a master writes a masterpiece. Hunt has taken a lifetime of study and given the world a book to cherish. Having taught landscape architecture history for many years, this book satisfies my great need to understand how the events and people who designed gardens and landscapes worth remembering are still important to current issues of design. Types of places are presented with clear, jargon-free language and preci. Cool gardens but text a bit specialized. This is largely a consideration of garden design, essentially landscape architecture. It examines mostly British, French and Italian designs, but does have chapters on Japanese gardens, some sacred sites (not just religious) and others. I think the most interesting chapter is on Islamic and Mughal (that it, the Muslim dynasty long ruling India) is the most interesting portion of the book.The illustrations are excellent. The . "Four Stars" according to rickjames. excellent collection of stand-alone essays.
About the AuthorJohn Dixon Hunt is emeritus professor of the history and theory of landscape at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including, The Afterlife of Gardens and Nature Over Again: The Garden Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay, both also published by Reaktion Books.
John Dixon Hunt is emeritus professor of the history and theory of landscape at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including, The Afterlife of Gardens and Nature Over Again: The Garden Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay, both also published by Reaktion Books.
Though gardening is beloved the world over, the style of gardens themselves varies from region to region, determined as much by culture as climate. In this series of illustrated essays, John Dixon Hunt takes us on a world tour of different periods in the making of gardens. Hunt shows here how cultural assumptions and local geography have shaped gardens and their meaning. He explores our continuing responses to land and reworkings of the natural world, encompassing a broad range of gardens, from ancient Roman times to early Islamic and Mughal gardens, from Chinese and Japanese