Screen LibraryEssay on gardens : a chapter in the french picturesque /
Published in 1774, Essay on Gardens is one of the earliest texts showing the progressive shift in French taste from the classical model of the gardens at Versailles to the picturesque or natural style of garden design in the late eighteenth century.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2003] ©2003 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Penn studies in landscape architecture
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204131 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812204131.jpg |
| Summary: |
Published in 1774, Essay on Gardens is one of the earliest texts showing the progressive shift in French taste from the classical model of the gardens at Versailles to the picturesque or natural style of garden design in the late eighteenth century. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (104 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 12 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812204131 |
| Index Number: | SB466 |
| CLC: | TU986.656.5-64 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Foreword -- On Gardens -- Utilitarian Establishments -- The Embellished Farm (La Ferme Ornee) -- Early Parks -- Modern Parks -- The Nature of the Terrain -- Orientation -- Trees -- Water -- Space -- Flowers -- Rocks and Grottoes -- Garden Styles -- The Poetic Style -- The Romantic Style -- Pleasure Gardens -- The Chinese Garden -- The French Garden-Letter to a Friend -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |