TY  - BOOK
AU  - Girot,Christophe
TI  - The course of landscape architecture: a history of our desings on the natural world, from prehistory to the present 
SN  - 9780500342978
AV  - SB472 G57 2016
U1  - 712  21
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Thames & Hudson, Inc.
KW  - Landscape architecture
KW  - History
KW  - National parks and reserves
KW  - Parks
KW  - Designs and plans
KW  - Forest reserves
KW  - Gardens
KW  - Land settlement patterns
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -