Greater perfections : the practice of garden theory / John Dixon Hunt.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Penn studies in landscape architecture.
Main Author: Hunt, John Dixon
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2000], ©2000.
Series:Penn studies in landscape architecture.
Subjects:
Gardens > Philosophy.
Physical Description:xiii, 273 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "First principles" or "rudiments"
  • What on earth is a garden?
  • The idea of a garden and the three natures
  • Representation
  • Word and image in the garden
  • Gardens in word and image
  • Historical excursus: late seventeenth-century garden theory
  • Toward a new historiography and new practices
  • Conclusion: The tune of the garden.