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A cultural history of gardens / [general editors: Michael Leslie and John Dixon Hunt].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) SB451 .C85 2016 v.3
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cultural Histories ; v. 1-6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardens--History.
- Gardens.
- Gardens--Social aspects--History.
- Gardening--History.
- Gardening.
- Gardening--Social aspects--History.
- Gardening--Social aspects.
- Gardens--Social aspects.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 6 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
- Summary:
- A Cultural History of Gardens presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of gardens as physical, social and artistic spaces. This structure means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on gardens through history.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Design / Luke Morgan
- 2. Types of Gardens / Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto
- 3. Plantings / Margherita Zalum
- 4. Use and Reception / Elizabeth Hyde
- 5. Meaning / Luke Morgan
- 6. Verbal Representations / Michael Leslie
- 7. Visual Representations / Malgorzata Szafranska
- 8. Gardens and the Larger Landscape / Mirka Benes.
- Notes:
- Hardback edition first published in 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781350009950
- 9781350009868
- 9781350009905
- 9781350009912
- 9781350009929
- 9781350009936
- 9781350009943
- 1350009954
- 1350009865
- 1350009903
- 1350009911
- 135000992X
- 1350009938
- 1350009946
- OCLC:
- 964509846
- Publisher Number:
- 99989762629
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