Captured landscape : architecture and the enclosed garden / Kate Baker.

"The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and the stage for social display, to i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Kate, 1949- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Landscape design.
Gardens > Design.
Physical Description:viii, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Defining the territory
  • From patio to park
  • Taming nature
  • and the way to paradise
  • Ritual and emptiness
  • and the rigour of developing an idea
  • Sensory seclusion
  • Detachment
  • Rus in urbe
  • integration of enclosed gardens within the city.