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Inventing the Garden

By: Matteo Vercelloni,Virgilio Vercelloni,Paola Gallo

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Inventing the Garden

By: Matteo Vercelloni,Virgilio Vercelloni,Paola Gallo

The authors trace the evolution of the Western garden from the first plots cultivated for pleasure in the Middle East to today's diverse green spaces that challenge traditional ideas about what constitutes a garden. They examine the changing attitude toward nature--as 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 man's 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 sensitivity--appreciating the idea that the whole planet is a garden and all who live in it are gardeners.

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Inventing the Garden

By: Matteo Vercelloni,Virgilio Vercelloni,Paola Gallo

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The Invention of the Western Garden

The History of an Idea

By: Matteo Vercelloni,Virgilio Vercelloni

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The History of an Idea

By: Matteo Vercelloni,Virgilio Vercelloni

Through time, the 'garden' in the Western world has developed as a concept of 'a paradise on earth', and cultures have since worked to create and reconstruct from soil, plants and weather, a paradise. This book explores how the garden has evolved, and gives examples, plans and pictures that show two thousand years of the garden.

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Waverley Books Limited

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1849340390

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9781849340397

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