Lexicon of garden and landscape architecture / Meto J. Vroom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vroom, M. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape architecture--Encyclopedias.

Landscape architecture.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

351 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture, [2006]

Summary:

Abstraction and hedge, interaction and landmark, labyrinth and synthesis, pond and utopia b" the reader is confronted with a tremendous variety of terms, from the description of the various elements of a garden all the way to theoretical, historical, symbolic, and iconographic aspects of landscape design. Meto J. Vroom, a former professor of landscape architecture at UniversitC$t Wageningen, defines and analyzes more than 250 terms, concepts, and objects. While the definitions convey the universally recognized meaning of the headwords, each essay briefly outlines a subject with a critical commentary and numerous commendations for further reading. Thus the lexicon serves to clarify important terms and expressions that designers use on a daily basis. More than that, however, it also constitutes a general introduction to the major themes of landscape design.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3764375256

OCLC:

65207866

Publisher Number:

9783764375256