The Garden in Art
Featuring a stunning selection of 200 works, this beautiful book explores the depiction of the garden in art from ancient Egypt to the present day… this captivating and beautifully illustrated book will appeal to the armchair gardener and art lover alike —Period Homes and Interiors MagazineFor a gardener it is a joy: 200 pages of garden paintings from Ancient Egypt to Stanley Spencer, all beautifully reproduced —The Times…a delightful book and the perfect read for someone who enjoys gardens or is an art lover —Period Living Magazine…a tome so beautiful and appealing that even if you have no interest whatsoever in the subject matter, as an artist you will want to own it. —Artists and Illustrators MagazineTheGarden in Artis not simply enticing because of the pictures – generously reproduced both in terms of size and clarity – but also because of how Debra N. Mancoff draws from such a variety of sources, in order to give a full account of how the garden has been depicted throughout the history of art… Mancoff writes with depth and enthusiasm on each image of the book —Artists and Illustrators MagazineWith 200 famous and lesser-known works, the book gives insight into the artists' inspirations as well as analysis of the depicted flowers —Evening StandardAn apt gift for any lover of these allied pursuits —Barnes and NobleAn expert in impressionism… brief, intelligent essays… An added bonus is the list of suggested artists' gardens to visit at the end.—Royal Academy Magazine