Visions of paradise : themes and variations on the garden / photographs by Marina Schinz ; text by Susan Littlefield with Marina Schinz.

Main entry:

Schinz, Marina, photographer, author.

Title & Author:

Visions of paradise : themes and variations on the garden / photographs by Marina Schinz ; text by Susan Littlefield with Marina Schinz.

Publication:

New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang : Distributed by Workman Pub., [1985]
New York : Distributed by Workman Pub.
©1985

Description:

271 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The cottage garden -- The herb garden -- The rose garden -- The kitchen garden -- The perennial border -- The Italian school -- The French style -- The "English" garden -- The designed landscape -- The naturalized garden.

Summary:

"...Delights the senses with the colors, textures, and themes of the Western world's best-loved gardens, from simple and unassuming English cottage gardens to the imposing and spectacular formal French gardens of Andre Le Notre. A beautiful, gentle book, VISIONS OF PARADISE explores the range of styles in garden design and celebrates the skill and imagination of the gardener as artist." -- from page 2 of cover.

ISBN:

0941434664
9780941434669
0942434664

Subject:

Gardens Design.
Gardens.
Gardens Pictorial works.
Gardens Photography.
Gardens. Pictorial works.
Jardins Architecture.
Jardins.
Jardins Photographie.
Jardins Ouvrages illustrés.
landscape gardening.
gardens (open spaces)

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Littlefield, Susan, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 34975
Call No.: ID:88-B6354
Status: Available

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