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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Description
240 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimile, maps, plans, portraits ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
On the Necessity of Gardening tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries, artists, writers, poets and thinkers have each described, depicted and designed the garden in different ways. In medieval art, the garden was a reflection of paradise, a place of harmony and fertility, shielded from worldly problems. In the eighteenth century this image tilted: the garden became a symbol of worldly power and politics. The...
Series
What life was like volume 15
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Description
168 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
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