The history of gardens in painting / Nils Büttner ; translated by Russsell Stockman.

Author/creator Büttner, Nils
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Abbeville Press, ©2008.
Description240 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleGemälte Garten. English
Contents The realm of Venus -- Medieval images of the world and of gardens -- Court and domestic gardens and the garden of love -- Visions of paradise -- The enclosed garden -- Pictorial rhetoric -- Precedents and symbols -- New views--ancient ideals -- Old subjects--new ideals -- Between sense and sensuality -- Gardens of the Impressionists -- Harmony parallel to nature -- Impression and expression -- Continuation and forecast.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references(p. 227-234) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the German.
LCCN 2008021644
ISBN9780789209931 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0789209934 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks ND 1460.G37 B8813 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold