British gardens
Subtitle: history, philosophy and design
By: Tom Turner
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780415518789
Subjects: British Gardens; Design; Gardens; History
Description: "Garden designbegan in West Asia and spread throughout Europe. This book tells how, in the British Isles, it flourished to an extraordinary degree ..."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Neolithic gardens & landscapes: 3500 BCE-43; title: Romano-British gardens & landscapes: 43-1066; title: Medieval gardens & landscapes: 1066-1485; title: Renaissance gardens & landscapes: 1485-1660; title: Baroque gardens & landscapes: 1660-1750; title: Neoclassical gardens & landscapes: 1730-1794; title: Romantic gardens & landscapes: 1794-1880; title: Arts and crafts gardens & landscapes: 1880-1970; title: Abstract modern gardens: 1925-1980; title: Post-abstract and sustainable gardens: post-1980.