World of Gardens - Hunt John Dixon
World of Gardens - Hunt John Dixon A Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English manor house, just as the manicured topiaries of Versailles contrast…
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World of Gardens - Hunt John Dixon
A Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English manor house, just as the manicured topiaries of Versailles contrast with the sharp cacti of the American Southwest. In this series of illustrated essays, John Dixon Hunt takes us on a world tour of different periods in the making of gardens. Though gardening is beloved the world over, the style of gardens themselves varies from region to region, determined as much by culture as climate.
He explores our continuing responses to land and reworkings of the natural world, encompassing a broad range of gardens, from ancient Roman times to early Islamic and Mughal gardens, from Chinese and Japanese gardens to the invention of the public park and modern landscape architecture. Hunt shows here how cultural assumptions and local geography have shaped gardens and their meaning. A World of
Royal Gardens of the World
Gardens of Italy
Gardens of Suzhou
Gardens of Light