A History of Garden Art

From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein, Walter P. Wright, Laura Archer-Hind

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English

Cambridge University Press
11 September 2014

Landscape art & architecture; History of architecture; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

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Marie Luise Gothein (1863–1931) published this scholarly two-volume history of garden design in German in 1913. Its second edition of 1925 was translated into English by Laura Archer-Hind, edited by gardening author Walter P. Wright (1864–1940), and published in 1928. The highly illustrated work is still regarded as among the most thorough and important surveys of its kind. It begins by examining evidence from both archaeology and literature, as well as climate and soil conditions, to discuss the gardens of ancient Egypt and Assyria, and continues to survey developments worldwide until the twentieth century. Individual gardens, technical innovations, and fashions in horticulture are all discussed in detail. Volume 1 surveys the ancient civilisations of the Near East, Greece and Rome, discusses Byzantine and Islamic gardens, and the importance of monastery gardens in western Europe, and ends with a review of gardening in Europe during the Renaissance.

By: Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein
Edited by: Walter P. Wright
Translated by: Laura Archer-Hind
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: Volume 1
Dimensions: Height: 298mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 1.280kg
ISBN: 9781108076142
ISBN 10: 1108076149
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 11 September 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active