The course of landscape architecture
Girot, Christophe.
The course of landscape architecture a history of our desings on the natural world, from prehistory to the present txt Christphe Girot. - 352 p.: ill.; photo.; col. 30 cm. book
Include index (349-352 p.)
Include Bibliography (346-347 p.)
Introduction: Imagining Nature as Landscape * 1. Roots: On the Origins of Landscapes * 2. Hydraulic Civilizations: The Geometry of Water in Landscapes * 3. From Temenos to Physis: Sacred Landscapes in Greece * 4. Of Villas and Woods: Roman and Barbarian Landscapes * 5. The Rule of Faith * 6. Gardens of Perspective: Architectural Landscapes in the Renaissance * 7. The Measure of Reason * 8. Gravity: The Constant of Nature * 9. Combustion and the Exotic: Romantic Landscapes as Escape * 10. Acceleration: Landscapes of the 20th Century * 11. Terrain Vague * 12. Topology: Rediscovering Meaning in the Landscape * Afterword: Towards a Cultural Revolution in Nature
In many ways the history of civilization is a history of our relationship with nature and landscape. Drawing on all aspects of mankind's creativity and ingenuity, and bringing together the key stories that have shaped our man-made landscapes, this title sets out to chronicle this intimate connection.
9780500342978 0500342970
Landscape architecture--History
National parks and reserves
Parks
Designs and plans--Parks
Forest reserves
Gardens
Gardens--Designs and plans
Land settlement patterns
SB472 / G57 2016
712 / G47c
The course of landscape architecture a history of our desings on the natural world, from prehistory to the present txt Christphe Girot. - 352 p.: ill.; photo.; col. 30 cm. book
Include index (349-352 p.)
Include Bibliography (346-347 p.)
Introduction: Imagining Nature as Landscape * 1. Roots: On the Origins of Landscapes * 2. Hydraulic Civilizations: The Geometry of Water in Landscapes * 3. From Temenos to Physis: Sacred Landscapes in Greece * 4. Of Villas and Woods: Roman and Barbarian Landscapes * 5. The Rule of Faith * 6. Gardens of Perspective: Architectural Landscapes in the Renaissance * 7. The Measure of Reason * 8. Gravity: The Constant of Nature * 9. Combustion and the Exotic: Romantic Landscapes as Escape * 10. Acceleration: Landscapes of the 20th Century * 11. Terrain Vague * 12. Topology: Rediscovering Meaning in the Landscape * Afterword: Towards a Cultural Revolution in Nature
In many ways the history of civilization is a history of our relationship with nature and landscape. Drawing on all aspects of mankind's creativity and ingenuity, and bringing together the key stories that have shaped our man-made landscapes, this title sets out to chronicle this intimate connection.
9780500342978 0500342970
Landscape architecture--History
National parks and reserves
Parks
Designs and plans--Parks
Forest reserves
Gardens
Gardens--Designs and plans
Land settlement patterns
SB472 / G57 2016
712 / G47c