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Icons of garden design / edited with an introduction by Caroline Holmes ; with contributions by Helena Attlee [and others]

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Part of Prestel's Icons series, this book takes a look at the masterpieces of garden design and how they have influenced our understanding of this ancient and complex art. The development of garden design worldwide is traced from mediaeval to contemporary creations. Eighty gardens are covered.

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Other Authors: Holmes, Caroline
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Munich ; New York : Prestel, ©2001.
Subjects:
Gardens > Design.
Landscape gardening.
Gartenkunst.
Table of Contents:
  • Sigiriya (SRI Lanka) 12
  • Byodo-in (UJI, Japan) 14
  • Alhambra (Granada, Spain) 16
  • Alcazar Palace (Seville, Spain) 18
  • Palazzo Piccolomini (Pienza, Italy) 20
  • Topkapi (Istanbul, Turkey) 22
  • Ryoan-ji (Kyoto, Japan) 24
  • Daisen-in (Kyoto, Japan) 26
  • Hampton Court Palace (Middlesex, England) 28
  • Villa Medici (Florence, Italy) 30
  • Boboli (Florence, Italy) 32
  • Villa d'Este (Tivoli, Italy) 34
  • Chenonceaux (Indre-et-Loire, France) 36
  • Sacro Bosco (Bomarzo, Italy) 38
  • Palazzo Farnese (Caprarola, Italy) 40
  • Villa Lante (Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy) 42
  • Tsarskoe Selo (St Petersburg, Russia) 44
  • Aldobrandini (Frascati, Italy) 46
  • Kinkaku-ji (Kyoto, Japan) 48
  • Hellbrunn (Salzburg, Austria) 50
  • Katsura Rikyu Imperial Villa (Kyoto, Japan) 52
  • Isola Bella (Lake Maggiore, Italy) 54
  • Taj Mahal (Agra, India) 56
  • Villa Garzoni (Collodi, Italy) 58
  • Tuileries (Paris, France) 60
  • Vaux-le-Vicomte (Seine-et-Marne, France) 62
  • Versailles (Yvelines, France) 64
  • Veitshochheim (Near Wurzburg, Germany) 66
  • Het Loo (Apeldoorn, Holland) 68
  • Chatsworth (Derbyshire, England) 70
  • Levens Hall (Westmorland, England) 72
  • Schonbrunn (Vienna, Austria) 74
  • Castle Howard (Yorkshire, England) 76
  • Blenheim Palace (Woodstock, England) 78
  • Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, VA, USA) 80
  • Peterhof (St Petersburg, Russia) 82
  • Stowe (Buckingham, England) 84
  • Villa Gamberaia (Settignano, Italy) 86
  • Schwetzingen (Near Heidelberg, Germany) 88
  • Rousham (Oxfordshire, England) 90
  • Painshill (Cobham, England) 92
  • Middleton Place (Charleston, South Carolina, USA) 94
  • Stourhead (Wiltshire, England) 96
  • Sanssouci (Potsdam, Germany) 98
  • Queluz (Lisbon, Portugal) 100
  • 'New' Summer Palace (Beijing, China) 102
  • Master of the Nets Garden (Suzhou, China) 104
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London, England) 106
  • Worlitz (Near Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) 108
  • Ermenonville (Oise, France) 110
  • Monticello (Virginia, USA) 112
  • Arkadia (Near Warsaw, Poland) 114
  • Haga (Solna, Sweden) 116
  • Heligan (Cornwall, England) 118
  • Sezincote (Gloucestershire, England) 120
  • Munstead Wood (Surrey, England) 122
  • Naumkeag (Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA) 124
  • Giverny (Eure, France) 126
  • Biltmore (Asheville, North Carolina, USA) 128
  • Hestercombe (Somerset, England) 130
  • Old Westbury Gardens (Long Island, NY, USA) 132
  • Villandry (Indre-et-Loire, France) 134
  • Hidcote Manor (Gloucestershire, England) 136
  • Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild (Cap Ferrat, France) 138
  • Villa Vizcaya (Miami, Florida, USA) 140
  • Viceroy's Garden (New Delhi, India) 142
  • Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC, USA) 144
  • Sissinghurst (Kent, England) 146
  • Ninfa (Ninfa, Italy) 148
  • Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pennsylvania, USA) 150
  • Villa Mairea (Noormarkku, Finland) 152
  • El Novillero (Sonoma, California, USA) 154
  • J Irwin Miller Garden (Columbus, Indiana, USA) 156
  • Little Sparta (Stonypath, Lanarkshire, Scotland) 158
  • San Cristobal Stables (Mexico City, Mexico) 160
  • Shute House (Shaftsbury, England) 162
  • Parc Andre Citroen (Paris, France) 164.

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