The Poetics of Gardens
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (581 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262132311 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 257 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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The authors discuss the qualities that create the promise of a garden the shapes of land and water, the established plants, the light and wind, the climate and show how these can be organized to give a place a special meaning. Mitchell is Professor of Architecture at Harvard University. William Turnbull, Jr. There is a universality about the creation of gardens across time and in diverse cultures that has inspired this entirely different garden book: a playful and affectionate typology of gardens; a pattern book in which a score of landscapes and gardens are drawn, described, and analyzed not just as a bouquet of pleasures but as sources, lodes to be mined for materials, shapes and relationships, and ideas for transforming our own backyards.The Poetics of Gardens i
With erudition and uncommon imagination, the authors consider the history and anthropology of gardens, their evolving esthetic principles, their architecture, their place in philosophy and literature, and the purposes they have served in religion, deftly compressing encyclopedic findings in urbane prose. From Publishers Weekly An ambitious and highly idiosyncratic work, this offers an invaluable bird's- and worm's-eye view of gardensaround the world and over the span of human historyas highly-wrought artifacts and everyday dwelling-places. . Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Moore is O'Neil Ford Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin; Mitc
Five Stars Edwin L. Smith Another awesome book by Charles Willard Moore & Associates. María Díaz said Not a cofee-table book, a SERIOUS BOOK!!!. This book impressed me with the amount of information on garden design, styles and history it has. No, it is not a coffee table book with pretty pictures, but a serious study on the history of garden design. The pictures in it are black-and-white, as well as all diagrams and plans. It is an excellent reference book for students of landscape design and garden lovers alike!!!. A Customer said Much more than a garden book. It's really about experiencing and analyzing the spacial environment. Well written & illustrated. I've used it as a supplemental text in a history of L.A. course, & students have found it really valuable. I've just plain enjoyed it.
Dreyfoos, Jr., Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directed the Smart Cities research group at MIT's Media Lab. Mitchell was the Alexander W. . William J. He authored many books, including The World's Greatest Architect (2008) and Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City (2005), both published by the MIT Press