Title & Author:

The Dutch garden in the seventeenth century.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [1990]
©1990

Description:

214 pages : black and white illustrations ; 29 cm.

Series:

Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture / edited by John Dixon Hunt ; XII

Notes:
"In 1988 the annual sympsosium in landscape architecture at Dumbarton Oaks took its cue from the tercentenary of the invitation to the thrones of England and Scotland, of William, Prince of Orange, and his Scots wife, Mary. This anniversary of 1688 was marked by various scholarly events ... the Dumbarton Oaks symposium was the only one devoted wholly to Dutch garden art"--Introduction, page 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / John Dixon Hunt -- William III as builder of Het Loo / K.H.D. Haley -- For profit and ornament : the function and meaning of Dutch garden art in the period of William and Mary, 1650-1702 / Erik De Jong -- "Belvedere," or the principle of seeing and looking in the gardens of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen at Cleves / Wilhelm Diedenhofen -- The country estate immortalized : Constantijn Huygens' "Hofwijck" / Willemien B. De Vries -- The Bentinck garden at Sorgvliet / Vanessa Bezemer-Sellers -- Daniel Marot : a French garden designer in Holland / Florence Hopper -- Notes on plants used in Dutch gardens in the second half of the seventeenth century / Carla Oldenburger-Ebbers -- "But who does not know what a Dutch garden is?" : the Dutch garden in the English imagination / John Dixon Hunt.

Summary:

This wide-ranging collection of essays charts the history, scope, and spread of Dutch garden art during the seventeenth century. A group of scholars, mostly Dutch, surveys what has been called the "golden age" of Dutch garden design.

ISBN:

0884021874
9780884021872

Subject:

Gardens, Dutch History 17th century Congresses.
Gardens Europe Design History 17th century Congresses.
Jardins Architecture Europe Histoire 17e siècle Congrès.
Jardins néerlandais Histoire 17e siècle Congrès.
Gardens Design
Gardens, Dutch
Tuinarchitectuur.
Jardins Pays-Bas Congrès.

Form/genre:

proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Hunt, John Dixon, editor.
Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture (Series) ; 12.

Dutch garden in the 17th century

Holdings:

Location: Library main 102570
Call No.: ID SB457.58.D86; ID:94-B1617
Status: Available