Theory of Gardens

by Jean-Marie Morel

Jean-Marie Morel (1728-1810), a leading French landscape designer and theorist, is now mainly remembered as the author of one of the fundamental eighteenth-century texts in the history of landscape architecture, the Th?orie des jardins (1776; second edition, 1802). With his background as an engineer, Morel was instrumental in shaping the functions of landscape architecture, opening up a new professional domain by coining the term architecte-paysagiste,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884024539
• ISBN13: 9780884024538
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.9"