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"This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best... Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art."-Country Life

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"This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best. . . . Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art." * Country Life *

Table of Contents

The Franklin Jasper Walls Lectures
List of Illustrations
Preface to the 1996 Edition
Preface
Introduction
PART ONE. ITALY THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD
1 The Garden on the Grand Tour
2 Classical Ground and Classical Gardens
3 Villa and Vigna
4 Ovid in the Garden
5 Garden and Theatre
6 Cabinets of Curiosity
7 Variety
8 Art and Nature
PART TWO. ENGLAND THE WORLD OF THE GARDEN
9 'My Patterne For A Countrey Seat'
10 'The Way of Italian Gardens'
11 'Palladian' Gardening
Notes
Index

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/07/1996
      ISBN13: 9780812216042, 978-0812216042
      ISBN10: 0812216040
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best... Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art."-Country Life

      Trade Review
      "This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best. . . . Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art." * Country Life *

      Table of Contents

      The Franklin Jasper Walls Lectures
      List of Illustrations
      Preface to the 1996 Edition
      Preface
      Introduction
      PART ONE. ITALY THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD
      1 The Garden on the Grand Tour
      2 Classical Ground and Classical Gardens
      3 Villa and Vigna
      4 Ovid in the Garden
      5 Garden and Theatre
      6 Cabinets of Curiosity
      7 Variety
      8 Art and Nature
      PART TWO. ENGLAND THE WORLD OF THE GARDEN
      9 'My Patterne For A Countrey Seat'
      10 'The Way of Italian Gardens'
      11 'Palladian' Gardening
      Notes
      Index

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