Books about HISTORY, GARDENING STYLES

GREAT CHINESE GARDENS. HISTORY, CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES

The garden'a place for refined pleasure and spiritual relaxation'has its roots in ancient China. Western travelers from Marco Polo onward marveled at the intricacy, ...

ARCHITETTO SAPIENTE. GIARDINO, TEATRO, CITTA COME SCHEMI MNEMONICI TRA IL XVI E IL XVII SECOLO

Lo studio affronta il rapporto poco conosciuto tra l'architettura, l'arte della memoria e l'enciclopedismo della prima modernità, attraverso l'esame di una serie di edifici ...

FESTE E TRATENIMENTI IN GIARDINO FRA XVI E XVIII SECOLO

Un capolavoro della pittura del Settecento italiano, il Trattenimento in un giardino di Albaro di Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749), costituisce lo spunto per la mostra ...

CLIO IN THE ITALIAN GARDEN : TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY STUDIES IN HISTORICAL METHODS AND THEORETICAL PERSPECT

Italian gardens have received more attention from historians than perhaps any other garden tradition. This volume presents eight richly illustrated essays by established and ...

EUROPEAN GARDENS. HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND DESIGN

Garden design and usage has been a feature of human civilisation as far back as Neolithic times, when the first gardens began to be ...

OMNIPOTENT MAGICIAN : LANCELOT 'CAPABILITY' BROWN, 1716-1783

Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and making flowing lakes and serpentine rivers, a magical ...

COLVIN: BRENDA COLVIN. A CAREER IN LANDSCAPE

Brenda Colvin was a quietly professional and determined woman. Early in her career she visited the United States to see the new civic landscaping ...

VESIAN: JARDIN DE LA LOUVE ET LE STYLE NICOLE DE VESIAN, LE

Nicole de Vésian, styliste fameuse de la maison Hermès dans les années 70-80, a consacré sa retraite à créer dans le Lubéron un jardin ...

AGENCE TER: ARCHIVES D' ARCHITECTURE MODERNE

Co-founded in 1986 by Olivier Philippe, Henri Bava and Michel Hoessle, the reputation of Agence Ter has spread from Paris throughout Europe. Since winning ...

ALLEGORIE E MERAVIGLIE NEI GIARDINI D'ORIENTE

L'Oriente ha sempre esercitato agli occhi del mondo occidentale un sottile fascino come luogo di meraviglie e culla di antichi miti. Il mondo Occidentale, ...

POTAGER DU ROI, LE

Né de la volonté de Louis XIV, le Potager du Roi à Versailles est un exemple accompli de l'art du jardin français au XVIIe ...

L' ESPACE ET LE TEMPS AU JARDIN GREC

Il en est de certains pays comme de certaines amours. Ce n'est ni le coup de foudre, ni l'amour aveugle. Pourtant, on s'y attache ...

HAMILTON: MR. HAMILTON'S ELYSIUM. THE GARDENS OF PAINSHILL

The Hon. Charles Hamilton was one of those extraordinary 18th-century gentlemen who, like Lord Cobham at Stowe and Henry Hoare at Stourhead, turned their ...

JARDIN DE LOS PAZOS - ENSAYO HISTORICO, EL

Destacados desde hace décadas entre los jardines españoles por su romántico aspecto, los jardines de los pazos de Galicia son analizados en este libro ...

ART OF THE ISLAMIC GARDEN, THE

Islamic gardens are enchanting places. Just the names of some of the most beautiful gardens in the world - the Alhambra, the Generalife, the ...

UN OASIS EN LA CIUDAD . EL JARDIN BOTANICO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA

GIARDINI DEL RE SOLE. ARCHITETTURA E PAESAGGIO NELLE VEDUTE SEICENTESHE DEI PERELLE. COLLEZIONE VERZELLO

Il giardino francese del Grand Siècle riproduce allaria aperta le caratteristiche formali del salone delle feste ed esprime il potere e la magnificenza del ...

PALACE AND GARDENS OF MONSERRATE

Situated in Sintra, Portugal, the traditional summer resort of the Portuguese court (which was once described by Lord Byron as Glorious Eden), Monserrate is ...

KEYWORDS IN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN

This beautifully illustrated historical dictionary of landscape design vocabulary used in North America from the 17th to the mid-19th centuries defines a selection of ...

DREAM GARDENS OF ENGLAND. 100 INSPIRATIONAL GARDENS

The perfect companion to Merrell's bestselling Dream Gardens (Sunday Times Gardening Book of the Year), Dream Gardens of England is a beautifully designed sourcebook ...