Main entry:

Chisholm, Linda A., author.

Title & Author:

The history of landscape design in 100 gardens / Linda A. Chisholm ; with photography by Michael D. Garber.

Publication:

Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2018.
©2018

Description:

535 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 492-508) and index.
Piety and protection -- The measure of mankind is man -- The brink of infinity -- A world of wonders -- Augustan and Arcadian -- Place-making -- Gaiety and "gloomth" -- Three men, two nations, one passion -- Designing for democracy -- Bedding-out and getting-on -- Searching for earthly paradise -- Lush and fleeting spare and lasting -- Bringing home "abroad" -- The poppies grow -- Less is more -- This fragile earth, our island home -- Reverence for the archetype.
Cover; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; More than Flowers: An Introduction; 1: Piety and Protection; Alhambra: Granada, Spain; Queen Eleanor's Garden: Winchester, England; San Pietro Abbey: Perugia, Italy; Prieuré Notre-Dame d'Orsan: Maisonnais, France; Old Palace at Hatfield House: Hertfordshire, England; 2: The Measure of Mankind Is Man; Villa Medici: Fiesole, Italy; Villa d'Este: Tivoli, Italy; Sacro Bosco (Bomarzo): Viterbo, Italy; Villa Lante: Bagnaia, Italy; Villa Aldobrandini: Frascati, Italy; 3: The Brink of Infinity; Isola Bella: Lake Maggiore, Italy.
Vaux-le-Vicomte: Maincy, France; Palace of Versailles: Versailles, France; Château de Chantilly: Chantilly, France; Het Loo Palace: Apeldoorn, Netherlands; 4: A World of Wonders; L'Orto Botanico: Padua, Italy; Hortus Botanicus: Leiden, the Netherlands; Chelsea Physic Garden: London, England; Bartram's Garden: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 5: Augustan and Arcadian; Hadrian's Villa: Tivoli, Italy; Castle Howard: Yorkshire, England; Studley Royal: Yorkshire, England; Rousham: Oxfordshire, England; Stourhead: Wiltshire, England; 6: Place-Making; Stowe: Buckinghamshire, England.
Petworth: West Sussex, England; Blenheim: Oxfordshire, England; Nuneham: Oxfordshire, England; Parc Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Ermenonville, France; Hawkstone Park: Shropshire, England; 7: Gaiety and "Gloomth"; Yuanming Yuan (Garden of Perfect Brightness, Old Summer Palace): Beijing, China; Shizilin Yuan (Lion Grove Garden): Suzhou, China; Zhuozheng Yuan (Garden of the Humble Administrator): Suzhou, China; Wangshi Yuan (Master-of-Fishing Nets Garden): Suzhou, China; Wrest Park: Bedfordshire, England; Taj Mahal: Agra, India; Sezincote: Gloucestershire, England; Pope's Grotto: Twickenham, England.
Strawberry Hill: Twickenham, England; Painshill: Surrey, England; 8: Three Men, Two Nations, One Passion; John Whipple House: Ipswich, Massachusetts; Middleton Place: near Charleston, South Carolina; Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon, Virginia; San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel Mission): Carmel-by-the-Sea, California; Monticello: near Charlottesville, Virginia; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: London, England; 9: Designing for Democracy; Montgomery Place: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Mount Auburn Cemetery: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Springside: Poughkeepsie, New York; Central Park: New York City, New York.
Buffalo Park System: Buffalo, New York; Biltmore: Asheville, North Carolina; 10: Bedding-Out and Getting-On; National Botanic Gardens of Ireland: Dublin, Ireland; Cliveden: Buckinghamshire, England; Princes Street Gardens: Edinburgh, Scotland; Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens: Annapolis Royal, Canada; 11: Searching for Earthly Paradise; Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Gardens: Stratford-upon-Avon, England; Kelmscott Manor: Oxfordshire, England; Munstead Wood: Surrey, England; Upton Grey Manor: Hampshire, England; Royal Horticultural Society Rock Garden at Wisley: Surrey, England.
Lindisfarne (Holy Island); 12: Lush and fleeting spare and lasting; Giverny; Saihō-ji (Kokedera or Moss Temple); Ryōan-ji; Katsura Imperial Villa; Tōfuku-ji; 13: Bringing Home "Abroad"; Powerscourt; Sutton Courtenay Manor; Stan Hywet; Kykuit; Balboa Park; Filoli; Old Westbury Gardens; Iford Manor; 14: The Poppies Grow; Hidcote; Dumbarton Oaks; Sissinghurst; Ladew Topiary Gardens; Great Dixter; 15: Less is More; Naumkeag; Flamengo Park and Copacabana Beach; Dewey Donnell Ranch (El Novillero); Miller House; Paley Park; Parc André Citroën; 16: This Fragile Earth, Our Island Home; Gravetye Manor; Columbus Park; Sea Ranch; High Line; Highgrove; Native Plant Garden at the New York Botanical Garden; 17: Reverence for the Archetype; Lurie Garden; National September 11 Memorial; Storm King Art Center; Toronto Music Garden; Shakespeare Garden at Vassar College; Garden of Cosmic Speculation; Shute; Boughton House; Postscript: A Noble Task.
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award Nominee, 2019

Summary:

"The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens explores the key moments in garden design. Through profiles of 100 of the most influential gardens, Linda Chisholm explores how social, political, and economic influences shaped garden design principles. The book is organized chronologically and by theme, starting with the medieval garden Alhambra and ending with the modern naturalism of the Lurie Garden. Sumptuously illustrated, The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens is for garden designers and landscape architects, design students, and gardening enthusiasts interested in garden history."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781604695298 (hardcover)
1604695293 (hardcover)
9781604698671 (ebook)
1604698675 (ebook)

Subject:

Landscape design History.
Aménagement paysager Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Agriculture General.
Landscape design.
Landscape design - History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Garber, Michael D., photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 303930
Call No.: BIB 249459
Status: Available