Inventing the Garden
by Vercelloni, Matteo; Virgilio Vercelloni
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University of Chicago Press (Distribution). New. 2011. Hardcover. 1606060473 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 240 pages. Description: "The authors trace the evolution of the Western garden from the first plots cultivated for pleasure in the Middle East to todays diverse green spaces that challenge traditional ideas about what constitutes a garden. They examine the changing attitude toward natureas something to be dominated or embraced, ordered or allowed to range freely, exploited or conserved. Examples of the highly prescribed hortus conclusus or enclosed spaces of the Middle Ages are found in the Italian Renaissance gardens and the symmetries of Versailles and Les Tuileries. After the rise of Romanticism in the late eighteenth century, English gardeners such as William Kent and Capability Brown embraced the concept that nature should prevail over mans manipulation of it and created gardens that broke through traditional enclosures. A century later, while the American West witnessed both the conquering spirit of the homesteaders and the first stirrings of the conservation movement, urban parks and gardens were created as oases to which all people had access. The book concludes with a look at contemporary gardens, where efforts to reclaim landscapes and repurpose crumbling infrastructure are taking place within an atmosphere of ecological sensitivityappreciating the idea that the whole planet is a garden and all who live in it are gardeners." -- with a bonus offer-- .
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- Title
- Inventing the Garden
- Author
- Vercelloni, Matteo; Virgilio Vercelloni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
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- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1606060473
- ISBN 13
- 9781606060476
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press (Distribution)
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles:
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 1606060473, collectible
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