Gardens and the Picturesque: Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture

by John Dixon Hunt

Book Overview

Gardens and the Picturesque collects 11 of Hunt's essays - several of them never before published - that deal with the ways in which men and women have given meaning to gardens and landscapes, especially with the ways in which gardens have represented the world of nature picturesquely.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026208211X
• ISBN13: 9780262082112
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 10.3"