Painting paradise : the art of the garden / Vanessa Remington ; with contributions from Sally Goodsir ; foreword by Sir Roy Strong.

Main entry:

Remington, Vanessa, author.

Title & Author:

Painting paradise : the art of the garden / Vanessa Remington ; with contributions from Sally Goodsir ; foreword by Sir Roy Strong.

Publication:

London : Royal Collection Trust, 2015.

Description:

312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index.
Paradise -- The sacred garden -- The renaissance garden -- The botanic garden -- The baroque garden -- The landscape garden -- The horticultural garden -- The garden inside -- Appendix: List of exhibition items.

Summary:

Gardens are where man and nature meet. They change by the hour, day-to-day, and with the seasons. They carry associations about the status, approach to life, and sometimes even the political affiliations of the creator. Gardens can be intended for public enjoyment or private delectation; they can be open to the masses or closed to all but a few. They may be places of scientific study; havens for the solitary thinker; spaces for frolicking and games, for flirtation and for love. Presented with the many faces of the garden, artists in Western Europe have looked at the garden in different ways, extracting and emphasising those facets of the garden unique to their culture and their time. At the same time individual elements drawn from the garden - whether architectural or botanic - have at certain periods come to the fore and taken their place in the decorative arts of Western Europe. This book explores the way in which the garden has inspired artists and craftsmen in Europe between 1500-1900. Exhibition: Royal Collection, London, UK (2015).

ISBN:

9781909741089
1909741086

Subject:

Gardens in art History.
Painting, European Themes, motives.
Botanical illustration History.
Jardins dans l'art Histoire.
Peinture européenne Thèmes, motifs.
Illustration botanique Histoire.
History.
Botanical illustration.
Gardens in art.
Trädgårdar i konsten.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
History.

Added entries:

Goodsir, Sally, author.
Strong, Roy, writer of foreword.

Art of the garden

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290483
Call No.: BIB 233500
Status: Available

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