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Book SynopsisLandscape design history greatly influenced today's design process and design solutions. I llustrated History of Landscape Design provides an overview of landscape design, including the iconic spaces throughout the centuries, starting from landscapes in prehistory to current trends in landscape design.
Trade Review"The authors have a created a visual treat sure to inspire and captivate any student of landscape design. Beautiful, abundant, precise drawings in concert with a more limited yet engaging text make this book unique. In a visual disclipine such as landscape design, such a novel approach is long overdue. This impressive work could serve as an outstanding textbook for landscape design students or as a useful reference for libraries. This significant, delightful, one-of-a kind work is sure to become a classic." (
Choice, July 2010)
"…an accessible and reliable source for students and the interest general reader." (BBC Gardens Illustrated, May 2010)
Table of ContentsIntroduction xi
Prehistory–6th Century 1
Cosmological Landscapes 2
Ancient Gardens 4
Landscape and Architecture 6
Genius Loci 8
6th–15th Centuries 15
Western Europe: Walled Minds, Walled Gardens 20
Moorish Spain: An Indelible Influence 28
China: Nature’s Splendor in a Garden 38
Japan: In the Spirit of Nature 46
15th Century 57
Japan: Muromachi Era 61
China: Ming Dynasty 65
Central Asia: Timurid Garden Cities 66
Italy: Curious Minds, Broadened Vistas 68
16th Century 75
Italy: The Rebirth of Rome 79
Renaissance Gardens in France and England 93
The Early Botanic Garden: An Encyclopedia of Plants 99
Early Mughal Gardens: Persian Art Forms Travel East 100
Japan: The Momoyama Era 101
17th Century 107
Japan: Edo Period 111
The Mughal Empire: Sacred Symmetries 119
Persian Gardens of Paradise 124
Italian Baroque Styles 127
The Flowering of the Dutch Landscape 133
English Gardens: A Restrained Mix of European Styles 134
French Classical Gardens: The Control of Nature 136
18th Century 147
England: The Development of the Landscape Garden 151
The Landscape Garden in France 164
China: Qianlong’s Imprint 165
Early American Gardens: Homeland Traditions 171
19th Century 177
England: The Victorians and Their Plants 181
France: Republics and Empires 186
Landscape Architecture in America 189
20th Century 203
The Gilded Age: Extremes of Wealth and Poverty 207
The New Aesthetic of Modernism 211
Environmental Art: Nature as Medium 219
Artistic Trends in Landscape Design 220
Environmental and Ecological Design 222
Postmodern Landscapes 223
21st Century 23 1
A Sustainable Earth: Ten Ideas 232
Endnotes 245
Bibliography 251
Index 255
