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The genius of the place : the English landscape garden 1620-1820 / edited by John Dixon Hunt and Peter Willis.
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection SB457.6 .G46 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardens, English--History.
- Gardens, English.
- History.
- Gardens--Literary collections.
- Gardens.
- Literature, Modern--17th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- Literature, Modern--18th century.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- The English landscape garden, 1620-1820.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA ; London, England : MIT Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- A garden classic, 'The Genius Of The Place' reveals that the history of landscape gardening is much more than a history of design and style; it opens up a wide perspective of English cultural history, showing how landscape gardening was gradually transformed over two centuries into an art that has been widely imitated throughout Europe and North America.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Elek, 1975.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-383) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0262580926
- 0262081768
- OCLC:
- 17805657
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