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Gardens in art / Lucia Impelluso ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli.
LIBRA ND1460.G37 I4713 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Impelluso, Lucia.
- Series:
- Guide to imagery
- A guide to imagery
- Standardized Title:
- Giardini, orti e labirinti. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Gardens in art.
- Painting, European.
- Gardens.
- Physical Description:
- 381 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007.
- Summary:
- Impelluso analyzes the constituent elements of gardens, both real and imagined, and uncovers their often-hidden symbolic meanings. Paintings and the nearly 400 works presented here provide a continuous visual record of the myriad forms of gardens.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Sacred and profane gardens
- Gardens of popes and lords
- Gardens of kings
- The liberated garden
- The garden goes public
- Elements of the garden
- Life in the garden
- Symbolic gardens
- Literary gardens
- Appendixes
- Index of subjects
- Index of artists
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-379) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780892368853
- 0892368853
- OCLC:
- 71833325
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