Main entry:

Adams, William Howard, author.

Title & Author:

Nature perfected : gardens through history / William Howard Adams ; principal photography by Everett Scott.

Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press, [1991]
©1991

Description:

356 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-346) and index.
I. Looking for Eden -- The garden in the ancient world -- Gardens before Rome -- Temples--the landscape of the gods -- Egypt -- Rome -- Town gardens -- Trees, flowers, and shrubs -- Imperial grandeur--Hadrian's villa -- II. The earthly paradise -- The Middle Ages -- The Islamic garden -- Mughal India -- III. Labors in perfection -- Italy -- France -- IV. The genius of the place -- The English garden before the revolution -- Jacobean and Caroline gardens, 1603-1649 -- The English formal garden -- The landscaping of England -- The English landscape garden outside of England -- V. Gardens of the East --The Chinese garden -- The early garden -- The private garden -- The making of a Chinese garden -- Flowers and trees -- The Japanese garden -- The paradise garden -- The tea garden -- The stroll garden -- The modern Japanese garden -- VI. The New World -- Colonial American gardens -- The changing American landscape -- Aesthetic reform -- Public parks -- Victorian garden dilemmas -- Twentient-century solutions -- The landscape architect -- Historical restorations and regional styles -- A new American style -- The modern movement.

Summary:

Full-color, captioned photographs of magnificent gardens throughout the world accompany a history of garden and landscape design that includes an examination of individual plants and design features.

ISBN:

0896599191 (hardcover)
9780896599192 (hardcover)
1558593330 (UK)
9781558593336 (UK)

Subject:

Gardens History.
Gardening History.
Gardens Design History.
Jardins Histoire.
Jardinage Histoire.
Jardins Architecture Histoire.
Gardening
Gardens
Gardens Design
Gartenkunst
Geschichte
Gardens Landscape design
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Scott, Everett, photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76347
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:92-B523
Status: Available