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Illustrated history of landscape design / by Elizabeth Boults and Chip Sullivan.

By: Boults, Elizabeth, 1949-.
Contributor(s): Sullivan, Chip.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2010Description: xi, 260 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780470289334 (hbk.).Subject(s): Landscape design -- HistoryDDC classification: 712.09
Contents:
Prehistory-6th century. Cosmological landscapes ; Ancient gardens ; Landscape and architecture ; Genius loci -- 6th-15th centuries. Western Europe: walled minds, walled gardens ; Moorish Spain: an indelible influence ; China: nature's splendor in a garden ; Japan: in the spirit of nature -- 15th century. Japan: Muromachi era ; China: Ming Dynasty ; Central Asia: Timurid garden cities ; Italy: curious minds, broadened vistas -- 16th century. Italy: the rebirth of Rome ; Renaissance gardens in France and England ; The early botanic garden: an encyclopedia of plants ; Early Mughal gardens: Persian art forms travel east ; Japan: the Momoyama era -- 17th century. Japan: Edo period ; The Mughal Empire: sacred symmetries ; Persian gardens of paradise ; Italian Baroque styles ; The flowering of the Dutch landscape ; English gardens: a restrained mix of European styles ; French classical gardens: the control of nature -- 18th century. England: the development of the landscape garden ; The landscape garden in France ; China: Qianlong's imprint ; Early American gardens: homeland traditions -- 19th century. England: the Victorians and their plants ; France: republics and empires ; Landscape architecture in America -- 20th century. The Gilded Age: extremes of wealth and poverty ; The new aesthetic of modernism ; Environmental art: nature as medium ; Artistic trends in landscape design ; Environmental and ecological design ; Postmodern landscapes -- 21st century. A sustainable Earth: ten ideas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prehistory-6th century. Cosmological landscapes ; Ancient gardens ; Landscape and architecture ; Genius loci -- 6th-15th centuries. Western Europe: walled minds, walled gardens ; Moorish Spain: an indelible influence ; China: nature's splendor in a garden ; Japan: in the spirit of nature -- 15th century. Japan: Muromachi era ; China: Ming Dynasty ; Central Asia: Timurid garden cities ; Italy: curious minds, broadened vistas -- 16th century. Italy: the rebirth of Rome ; Renaissance gardens in France and England ; The early botanic garden: an encyclopedia of plants ; Early Mughal gardens: Persian art forms travel east ; Japan: the Momoyama era -- 17th century. Japan: Edo period ; The Mughal Empire: sacred symmetries ; Persian gardens of paradise ; Italian Baroque styles ; The flowering of the Dutch landscape ; English gardens: a restrained mix of European styles ; French classical gardens: the control of nature -- 18th century. England: the development of the landscape garden ; The landscape garden in France ; China: Qianlong's imprint ; Early American gardens: homeland traditions -- 19th century. England: the Victorians and their plants ; France: republics and empires ; Landscape architecture in America -- 20th century. The Gilded Age: extremes of wealth and poverty ; The new aesthetic of modernism ; Environmental art: nature as medium ; Artistic trends in landscape design ; Environmental and ecological design ; Postmodern landscapes -- 21st century. A sustainable Earth: ten ideas.