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Essay on Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture

Autor Claude-Henri Watelet Prefață de Joseph Disponzio Editat de Samuel Danon
en Limba Engleză Electronic book text – 31 dec 2002
Published in 1774, Essay on Gardens is one of the earliest texts showing the progressive shift in French taste from the classical model of the gardens at Versailles to the picturesque or natural style of garden design in the late eighteenth century.
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ISBN-13: 9780812204131
ISBN-10: 0812204131
Ilustrații: 12 illus.
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Claude-Henri Watelet (1718-86) was a French painter, poet, playwright, and theoretician. Samuel Danon is Professor Emeritus of French, Reed College. Joseph Disponzio teaches at Bryn Mawr College.

Cuprins

Introduction
Essay on Gardens
Foreword
On Gardens
Utilitarian Establishments
The Embellished Farm
Early Parks
Modern Parks
The Nature of the Terrain
Orientation
Trees
Water
Space
Flowers
Rocks and Grottoes
Garden Styles
The Poetic Style
The Romantic Style
Pleasure Gardens
The Chinese Garden
The French Garden—Letter to a Friend
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments