02285nam a22003857a 4500 288666 288666 pucpr 20191031104833.0 170213s2016 enkoa b 00110 eng d 9780500342978 0500342970 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET SB472 G57 2016 21 712 G47c Girot, Christophe. The course of landscape architecture a history of our desings on the natural world, from prehistory to the present Christphe Girot. txt New York, NY Thames & Hudson, Inc. 2016 352 p.: ill.; photo.; col. 30 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc 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. Landscape architecture 122852 History National parks and reserves 141408 Parks 147797 Designs and plans 216913 Parks Forest reserves 97923 Gardens 101051 Gardens 101051 Designs and plans Land settlement patterns 297026 lcc 6 SB472 General G57 2016 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2019-10-30 Amazon 44.09 0 General SB472 G57 2016 91000000060897 2020-02-21 00:00:00 1 54.09 2019-10-30 6