Thacker, Christopher. The Genius of Gardening: The History Gardens in Britain and Ireland. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994. 17 cm x 24 cm. 352 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Druids, Romans and Anglo-Saxons / From the Conquest to 1200 / 'Hortulus Angliae' / The Reign of Elizabeth / Gardens of the Great / Of Gardens and Grottoes / The Best Figure of a Garden / ' The Noblest in All England' / Burlington, Kent , Pope and Paradise / 'Divina Gloria Ruris' / Later Landscapers / 'The Suburban Gardener' / Modern Masters etc.

The genius of gardening: The history of gardens in Britain and Ireland

Thacker, Christopher

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, Minimal shelf wear to d/w, fading to spine. Previous owner's name to ep. Good clean sound copy.

The Wildness Pleases: The Origins of Romanticism

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The History of Gardens

Looks at landscape designs and notes the philosophical, cultural, social, and aesthetic considerations underlying gardens throughout the world from the era of ancient Greece to contemporary times

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

University of California Press

The spirit of a race or an age can be reflected even in the choice and use of plants: with the coming ofZen Buddhism, the Japanese practically ceased to grow flowers in their gardens, an attitude which Le Notre, garden designer ofVersailles, who once said 'flowers are for nursemaids' would doubtless have appreciated. In this fascinating and highly informative book, Christopher Thacker tells the history of gardens from their origins in the 'natural' paradises of Greek myth to the present day. Studying individual gardens or garden topics which are rep~ntative of an age or region, he builds up a comprehensive survey of the gardens and garden theories of an era. Whether Dr Thacker is discussing garden philosophers and designers (Alberti, Mollet, de Vries, Capability Brown, Genrude Jekyll, Russell Page, and many others), or bringing to life the lost gardens of the past, like the Yuan Ming Yuan in Peling, or William Shenstone's the Leasowes, or surveying the weird and mysterious statuary of Bomarzo, his text is always absorbing and authoritative. Profusely illustrated, this book should become a classic on its subject.

England's historic gardens

History

Europe

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The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1983. This book charts the growth of Romanticism from the initial reactions to the authoritarian classicism of Louis XIV, through the ‘codification’ of the Sublime by Burke in the 1750s, to the fascination with mystery, fear and violence which dominated the writing of the late eighteenth century. The origins of the movement are found in the writings of Rousseau and admiration for the ‘noble savage’, the development of the landscape garden, discoveries in the South Seas, new approaches to ‘primitive’ poetry and enthusiasm for gothic art and literature. These attitudes are contrasted with the more classical views of writers like Samuel Johnson.

The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals): The Origins of Romanticism

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Routledge

First published in 1983. This book charts the growth of Romanticism from the initial reactions to the authoritarian classicism of Louis XIV, through the ‘codification’ of the Sublime by Burke in the 1750s, to the fascination with mystery, fear and violence which dominated the writing of the late eighteenth century. The origins of the movement are found in the writings of Rousseau and admiration for the ‘noble savage’, the development of the landscape garden, discoveries in the South Seas, new approaches to ‘primitive’ poetry and enthusiasm for gothic art and literature. These attitudes are contrasted with the more classical views of writers like Samuel Johnson.

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The genius of gardening: The history of gardens in Britain and Ireland

The Wildness Pleases: The Origins of Romanticism

The History of Gardens

The History of Gardens

England's historic gardens

The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals): The Origins of Romanticism

The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals)