Title: Vista : the culture and politics of gardens /
Authors: Kingsbury, Noël; Richardson, Tim, 1968-
Publisher: Frances Lincoln,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Gardens Philosophy.; Gardening Philosophy.
Abstract: Since the eighteenth century, when Pope and Addison meditated deeply on gardens, there has been little critical discussion of gardens and gardening. This original collection of essays aims to redress that balance, renewing the connection between gardening and the wider intellectual and cultural world. Essays include : "The Garden And The Division Of Labour" by Martin Hoyles; "Horticultural Intervention Art" by Tony Heywood; "Digging For Anarchy" by Tom Hodgkinson; "The Spirit Of The Geometrician" by Fernando Caruncho; "As The Garden, So The Earth - The Politics Of The Natural Garden" by Noel Kingsbury; "Landscape Design And Life: Conflict Or Complicity?" by Gilles Clement; "The Explosion Of Garden Visiting In France" by Louisa Jones; "Garden, Nature, Art" by David Cooper; "NYC WTC 9:11: The Healing Gardens Of Paradise Lost" by Lorna Mcneur; "The Power Is In Harmony" by Nori And Sandra Pope; "Unnatural History: Women, Gardening And Femininity" by Rozsika Parker; "Zen And The Art Of Tea Gardening" by Charles Chesshire; "Where Have All The Critics Gone?" by Anne Wareham; "The Garden As Art" by George Carter; "Gardens Of Ethnicity" by Clare Rishbeth.
Contents: Garden, art, nature / David E. Cooper -- The garden as art / George Carter -- The garden and the division of labour / Martin Hoyles -- Gardens of ethnicity / Clare Risbeth -- The explosion of garden visiting in France / Louisa Jones -- Digging for anarchy / Tom Hodgkinson -- Landscape design and the biosphere: conflict or complicity? / Gilles Clément -- Horticultural intervention art / Tony Heywood -- Unnatural history: women, gardening and femininity / Rozsika Parker -- As the garden, so the earth: the politics of the 'natural garden' / Noël Kingsbury -- The spirit of the geometrician / Fernando Caruncho -- Zen and the art of tea gardening / Charles Chesshire -- The power is in harmony / Nori Pope and Sandra Pope -- Psychotopia / Tim Richardson -- NYCWTC 9/11: the healing gardens of Paradise Lost / Lorna McNeur -- Where have all the critics gone? / Anne Wareham.