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Terms and conditions applyGarden History: Philosophy and Design 2000BC-2000AD
Tom Turner
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Format: Book
Pages: 400
Publisher: Spon Press
Date Published: Dec 2005
Stock Code: 37679
Binding: Hardback
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A new paperback edition of this book, so popular when it came out in hardback last year. It is highly illustrated to present and explain, in a most appealing way, the historic styles of gardens with particular emphasis on the philosophy of garden design. This carefully structured overview makes the large subject of garden history accessible to a wide range of readers. The sections on history and philosophy are written as succinct essays, illustrated with photographs or perspective drawings.
The essays deal with the ideas and historical conditions, which led to the making of particular types of gardens. The section on styles will focus on plan analysis and will be illustrated. Diagrams illustrate the key features of styles and representative garden plans with short descriptions explaining each style. Tom Turner traces the evolution of gardens through 40 centuries, from Egypt and West Asia to Europe and America, relating designs to the philosophical, geographical, social and artistic context in which they developed.
Contents include:
1. Design Philosophy 2. Ancient Gardens 2000BC - 1000BC 3. Classical Gardens 1400BC - 600AD 4. West Asian and Islamic Gardens 500BC - 1700AD 5. Medieval Gardens 600AD - 1500AD 6. Renaissance Gardens 1350 - 1650 7. Baroque Gardens 1600 - 1750 8. Neoclassical and Romantic Gardens 1700 - 1810 9. Eclectic Gardens 1800 - 1900 10. Abstract and Post-Abstract Gardens 1900 - 2000
The essays deal with the ideas and historical conditions, which led to the making of particular types of gardens. The section on styles will focus on plan analysis and will be illustrated. Diagrams illustrate the key features of styles and representative garden plans with short descriptions explaining each style. Tom Turner traces the evolution of gardens through 40 centuries, from Egypt and West Asia to Europe and America, relating designs to the philosophical, geographical, social and artistic context in which they developed.
Contents include:
1. Design Philosophy 2. Ancient Gardens 2000BC - 1000BC 3. Classical Gardens 1400BC - 600AD 4. West Asian and Islamic Gardens 500BC - 1700AD 5. Medieval Gardens 600AD - 1500AD 6. Renaissance Gardens 1350 - 1650 7. Baroque Gardens 1600 - 1750 8. Neoclassical and Romantic Gardens 1700 - 1810 9. Eclectic Gardens 1800 - 1900 10. Abstract and Post-Abstract Gardens 1900 - 2000
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