Gardens and gardening in papal Rome / by David R. Coffin.

Main entry:

Coffin, David R.

Title & Author:

Gardens and gardening in papal Rome / by David R. Coffin.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1991.

Description:

xiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hortus conclusus -- Statuary gardens -- Waterworks: fountains, nymphaea, and grottoes -- The classicizing of the Roman garden: form and association -- The iconography of the Renaissance garden -- Art, nature, and illusion -- Urban gardens -- Garden parks -- French influence -- Garden design and furnishings -- Flora et pomona -- The gardener -- Entertainment -- The public and the Roman garden.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691040893 (alk. paper)
9780691040899 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardens Italy Rome History.
Gardens Italy Rome Design History.
Landscape architecture Italy Rome History.
Jardins Italie Rome Histoire.
Jardins Architecture Italie Rome.
Architecture du paysage Italie Rome Histoire.
Jardins Architecture Italie Rome Histoire.
Gardens.
Gardens Design.
Landscape architecture.
Jardins Italie Rome (Italie) 1500-1800.
Architecture des jardins Italie Rome (Italie) 1500-1800.
Jardins romains Histoire.
Rome (Italy)
Italy Rome.
Gardens History
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 69938
Call No.: ID:91-B854
Status: Available

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