The authors of this title examine each to bring out its original appearance and reception by contemporary visitors, and the three are also considered ...
I giardini cinesi sono sovente considerati delle astrazioni intellettuali, troppo esclusivi per essere compresi da chi normalmente si occupa di giardini. Troppo cerebrali per ...
Pubblicato la prima volta nel 1914 (del 1926 la seconda e definitiva edizione) Geschichte der Gartenkunst può essere considerato una pietra miliare nell'ambito della ...
The book describes the historical development of the 'little wood' as it was known, the garden commissioned by the nobleman Pierfrancesco Orsini. He was ...
This title contains a book & Slipcase. Showcasing a compilation of the most exquisite and colourful gardening designs of the past four decades, this ...
Fiori brillanti, prati di smalto, fresche ombre, ruscello, boschetti, verzure, venite e purificate la mia immaginazione [...] C'è in questa oziosa occupazione un fascino ...
Mit den Elementen der Natur schuf der Gartenarchitekt Le Notre einen künstlichen Kosmos und suggerierte dessen Grenzenlosigkeit. Der Autor spannt den Bogen von den ...
A contemporary of the famous landscape designer `Capability' Brown, Richard Woods has never received the recognition he deserves: in contrast to Brown, he emphasised ...
Fern Fever (or Pteridomania, to give it its official name), was popular in Britain between 1837 and 1914. Although in previous centuries ferns played ...
Garden design in England was entirely reinvented during the eighteenth century. The strictly symmetrical gardens of French Baroque wre replaced by artificial landscapes which ...
Thomas Haytor Mawson (1881-1933) began designing gardens in the 1890s. He forged his distinctive style - solid formality round the house with foreground terraces ...
This book is a fascinating survey of the development of gardens in Great Britain from their medieval origins in monasteries and castles, through the ...