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The history of garden design :the Western tradition from the Renaissance to the present day

The book presents the latest, most stimulating thought and research on the history of the garden from the fifteenthy century to the present day in a series of essays which make up a mosaic picture of the garden in the Wewstern world. The humanist garden in Renaissance Italy; the concepts of the 'Sublime' and the 'Picturesque'; mazes, grottoes and other curiosities; city parks; American land art; and even Disneyland are amongst the topics treated. Individual gardens are analysed as paradigms of their type: the Hortus Palatinus in Heidelberg; the Parc Monceau in Paris; the Park Guell in Barcelona; Stowe in England; and many more. -- Book Jacket.
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