European Garden Design

From Classical Antiquity to the Present Day
edited by Rolf Toman, photpgraphs by Markus Bassler, Achim Bednorz, Markus Bollen, and Florian Monheim

This gorgeous pictorial history of garden design guides readers through all the fascinating facets of gardens in the West over more than two thousand years. The gardens observed in depth range all the way from antiquity to the contemporary, with special emphasis on the artistic garden landscapes of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Special topics of interest, such as the Islamic gardens of Spain and English garden theories of the 18th and 19th centuries, are also addressed. Chapters devoted to exploration of the theory and practice of gardening round off this comprehensive and informative book.

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