The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens /
The History of Landscape Design in one hundred Gardens.
Linda A. Chisholm ; with photography by Michael D. Garber.
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More than Flowers: An Introduction -- 1: Piety and Protection -- Alhambra: Granada, Spain -- Queen Eleanor's Garden: Winchester, England -- San Pietro Abbey: Perugia, Italy -- Prieuré Notre-Dame d'Orsan: Maisonnais, France -- Old Palace at Hatfield House: Hertfordshire, England -- 2: The Measure of Mankind Is Man -- Villa Medici: Fiesole, Italy -- Villa d'Este: Tivoli, Italy -- Sacro Bosco (Bomarzo): Viterbo, Italy -- Villa Lante: Bagnaia, Italy -- Villa Aldobrandini: Frascati, Italy -- 3: The Brink of Infinity -- Isola Bella: Lake Maggiore, Italy -- Vaux-le-Vicomte: Maincy, France -- Palace of Versailles: Versailles, France -- Château de Chantilly: Chantilly, France -- Het Loo Palace: Apeldoorn, Netherlands -- 4: A World of Wonders -- L'Orto Botanico: Padua, Italy -- Hortus Botanicus: Leiden, the Netherlands -- Chelsea Physic Garden: London, England -- Bartram's Garden: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- 5: Augustan and Arcadian -- Hadrian's Villa: Tivoli, Italy -- Castle Howard: Yorkshire, England -- Studley Royal: Yorkshire, England -- Rousham: Oxfordshire, England -- Stourhead: Wiltshire, England -- 6: Place-Making -- Stowe: Buckinghamshire, England -- Petworth: West Sussex, England -- Blenheim: Oxfordshire, England -- Nuneham: Oxfordshire, England -- Parc Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Ermenonville, France -- Hawkstone Park: Shropshire, England -- 7: Gaiety and "Gloomth" -- Yuanming Yuan (Garden of Perfect Brightness, Old Summer Palace): Beijing, China -- Shizilin Yuan (Lion Grove Garden): Suzhou, China -- Zhuozheng Yuan (Garden of the Humble Administrator): Suzhou, China -- Wangshi Yuan (Master-of-Fishing Nets Garden): Suzhou, China -- Wrest Park: Bedfordshire, England -- Taj Mahal: Agra, India -- Sezincote: Gloucestershire, England -- Pope's Grotto: Twickenham, England. Strawberry Hill: Twickenham, England -- Painshill: Surrey, England -- 8: Three Men, Two Nations, One Passion -- John Whipple House: Ipswich, Massachusetts -- Middleton Place: near Charleston, South Carolina -- Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon, Virginia -- San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel Mission): Carmel-by-the-Sea, California -- Monticello: near Charlottesville, Virginia -- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: London, England -- 9: Designing for Democracy -- Montgomery Place: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York -- Mount Auburn Cemetery: Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Springside: Poughkeepsie, New York -- Central Park: New York City, New York -- Buffalo Park System: Buffalo, New York -- Biltmore: Asheville, North Carolina -- 10: Bedding-Out and Getting-On -- National Botanic Gardens of Ireland: Dublin, Ireland -- Cliveden: Buckinghamshire, England -- Princes Street Gardens: Edinburgh, Scotland -- Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens: Annapolis Royal, Canada -- 11: Searching for Earthly Paradise -- Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Gardens: Stratford-upon-Avon, England -- Kelmscott Manor: Oxfordshire, England -- Munstead Wood: Surrey, England -- Upton Grey Manor: Hampshire, England -- Royal Horticultural Society Rock Garden at Wisley: Surrey, England -- Lindisfarne (Holy Island): Northumberland, England -- 12: Lush and Fleeting, Spare and Lasting -- Giverny: Giverny, France -- Saihō-ji (Kokederaor Moss Temple): Kyoto, Japan -- Ryōan-ji: Kyoto, Japan -- Katsura Imperial Villa: Kyoto, Japan -- Tōfuku-ji: Kyoto, Japan -- 13: Bringing Home "Abroad" -- Powerscourt: County Wicklow, Ireland -- Sutton Courtenay Manor: Oxfordshire, England -- Stan Hywet: Akron, Ohio -- Kykuit: Pocantico Hills, New York -- Balboa Park: San Diego, California -- Filoli: Woodside, California -- Old Westbury Gardens: Old Westbury, New York -- Iford Manor: Wiltshire, England -- 14: The Poppies Grow. Hidcote: Gloucestershire, England -- Dumbarton Oaks: Washington D.C. -- Sissinghurst: Kent, England -- Ladew Topiary Gardens: Monkton, Maryland -- Great Dixter: East Sussex, England -- 15: Less Is More -- Naumkeag: Stockbridge, Massachusetts -- Flamengo Parkand Copacabana Beach: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Dewey Donnell Ranch (El Novillero): Sonoma, California -- Miller House: Columbus, Indiana -- Paley Park: New York City, New York -- Parc André Citroën: Paris, France -- 16: This Fragile Earth, Our Island Home -- Gravetye Manor: Sussex, England -- Columbus Park: Chicago, Illinois -- Sea Ranch: Sonoma County, California -- High Line: New York City, New York -- Highgrove: Gloucestershire, England -- Native Plant Garden at the New York Botanical Garden: Bronx, New York -- 17: Reverence for the Archetype -- Lurie Garden: Chicago, Illinois -- National September 11 Memorial: New York City, New York -- Storm King Art Center: Mountainville, New York -- Toronto Music Garden: Toronto, Canada -- Shakespeare Gardenat Vassar College: Poughkeepsie, New York -- Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Dumfries, Scotland -- Shute: Wiltshire, England -- Boughton House: Northamptonshire, England -- A Noble Task: Postscript -- Sources and Further Reading -- Acknowledgments and Permissions -- Photo and Illustration Credits -- Index -- About the Author.
An illustrated history of landscape design as told through iconic gardens from around the world. The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens explores the key moments in garden design. Through profiles of 100 of the most influential gardens, Linda Chisholm explores how social, political, and economic influences shaped garden design principles. The book is organized chronologically and by theme, starting with the medieval garden Alhambra and ending with the modern naturalism of the Lurie Garden. Sumptuously illustrated, The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens is for garden designers and landscape architects, design students, and gardening enthusiasts interested in garden history.