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The hermit in the garden : from imperial Rome to ornamental gnome / Gordon Campbell.
Fine Arts Library SB457.6 .C36 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, Gordon, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historic gardens--Great Britain.
- Historic gardens.
- Hermits--England--18th century.
- Hermits.
- Hermitages--England--History.
- Hermitages.
- Gardens--Design--History.
- Gardens.
- Gardens--Design.
- History.
- Aesthetics, British--18th century.
- Aesthetics, British.
- England.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 257 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- The curious and intriguing tale of ornamental garden hermits-from Imperial Rome to garden gnome, via the sumptuous landscaped gardens of Georgian England. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Origins and Antecedents 1
- 2 The Idea of the Hermit 21
- 3 The Hermits 55
- 4 The Hermitage in Georgian England 96
- 5 The Hermitage in the Celtic Lands 155
- 6 The Afterlife of the Hermit 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199696994
- 0199696993
- OCLC:
- 811599681
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