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La rencontre féconde entre l’art des jardins en Occident et celui des Chinois au XVIIIe siècle constitue un fascinant phénomène artistique. Bien au-delà d’une simple mode, il est nécessaire d’en rechercher les sources, d’en saisir les motivations et d’en dévoiler les analogies cachées. Profondément marqué par sa découverte de la Chine lors de deux longs voyages,(...)
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La rencontre féconde entre l’art des jardins en Occident et celui des Chinois au XVIIIe siècle constitue un fascinant phénomène artistique. Bien au-delà d’une simple mode, il est nécessaire d’en rechercher les sources, d’en saisir les motivations et d’en dévoiler les analogies cachées. Profondément marqué par sa découverte de la Chine lors de deux longs voyages,(...)
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Aux jardins de Cathay : l'imaginaire anglo-chinois en Occident
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La rencontre féconde entre l’art des jardins en Occident et celui des Chinois au XVIIIe siècle constitue un fascinant phénomène artistique. Bien au-delà d’une simple mode, il est nécessaire d’en rechercher les sources, d’en saisir les motivations et d’en dévoiler les analogies cachées. Profondément marqué par sa découverte de la Chine lors de deux longs voyages, l’architecte anglais William Chambers publia trois textes qui jouèrent un rôle essentiel sur l’esthétique des jardins occidentaux de la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle. L’analyse de son Traité des édifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustensiles des Chinois... (1757), dont un chapitre dédié aux jardins, suivi de La Dissertation sur le jardinage de l’Orient (1772) et du Discours de Tan Chetqua (1773), réunis ici pour la première fois, permet de comprendre la manière dont Chambers combine les apports proprement chinois, recueillis sur place, à sa propre vision de l’art des jardins où se conjuguent pittoresque et sublime et élabore ainsi un style original qui devait connaître une diffusion européenne.
Aux jardins de Cathay : l'imaginaire anglo-chinois en Occident
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La rencontre féconde entre l’art des jardins en Occident et celui des Chinois au XVIIIe siècle constitue un fascinant phénomène artistique. Bien au-delà d’une simple mode, il est nécessaire d’en rechercher les sources, d’en saisir les motivations et d’en dévoiler les analogies cachées. Profondément marqué par sa découverte de la Chine lors de deux longs voyages, l’architecte anglais William Chambers publia trois textes qui jouèrent un rôle essentiel sur l’esthétique des jardins occidentaux de la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle. L’analyse de son Traité des édifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustensiles des Chinois... (1757), dont un chapitre dédié aux jardins, suivi de La Dissertation sur le jardinage de l’Orient (1772) et du Discours de Tan Chetqua (1773), réunis ici pour la première fois, permet de comprendre la manière dont Chambers combine les apports proprement chinois, recueillis sur place, à sa propre vision de l’art des jardins où se conjuguent pittoresque et sublime et élabore ainsi un style original qui devait connaître une diffusion européenne.
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May 2004, Paris
May 2004, Paris
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Le présent ouvrage s'attache à retracer le parcours pédagogique de Bernard Lassus en produisant témoignages, textes théoriques, travaux proposés aux élèves, qui éclairent une démarche originale et novatrice. À la fois ludique et poétique, ce livre se veut un itinéraire, une métaphore de la promenade, avec différentes haltes où l'image joue le rôle principal.
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Le présent ouvrage s'attache à retracer le parcours pédagogique de Bernard Lassus en produisant témoignages, textes théoriques, travaux proposés aux élèves, qui éclairent une démarche originale et novatrice. À la fois ludique et poétique, ce livre se veut un itinéraire, une métaphore de la promenade, avec différentes haltes où l'image joue le rôle principal.
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Couleur, lumière, paysage : instants d'une pédagogie
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Le présent ouvrage s'attache à retracer le parcours pédagogique de Bernard Lassus en produisant témoignages, textes théoriques, travaux proposés aux élèves, qui éclairent une démarche originale et novatrice. À la fois ludique et poétique, ce livre se veut un itinéraire, une métaphore de la promenade, avec différentes haltes où l'image joue le rôle principal.
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Le présent ouvrage s'attache à retracer le parcours pédagogique de Bernard Lassus en produisant témoignages, textes théoriques, travaux proposés aux élèves, qui éclairent une démarche originale et novatrice. À la fois ludique et poétique, ce livre se veut un itinéraire, une métaphore de la promenade, avec différentes haltes où l'image joue le rôle principal.
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November 2003, Paris
November 2003, Paris
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This dictionary profiles world-renowned architects, engineers, landscape architects, artists and photographers whose work has given rise to an entirely new dimension in designing the cityscape. It features leading figures from the international scene, including Tadao Andao, Emilio Ambasz, Daniel Buren, Tony Cragg, Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Anish Kapoor, Rem(...)
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This dictionary profiles world-renowned architects, engineers, landscape architects, artists and photographers whose work has given rise to an entirely new dimension in designing the cityscape. It features leading figures from the international scene, including Tadao Andao, Emilio Ambasz, Daniel Buren, Tony Cragg, Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Anish Kapoor, Rem(...)
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Dictionary of today's landscape designers
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This dictionary profiles world-renowned architects, engineers, landscape architects, artists and photographers whose work has given rise to an entirely new dimension in designing the cityscape. It features leading figures from the international scene, including Tadao Andao, Emilio Ambasz, Daniel Buren, Tony Cragg, Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Anish Kapoor, Rem Koolhaas, Maya Lin, Richard Long and James Turrel, among many others.
Dictionary of today's landscape designers
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This dictionary profiles world-renowned architects, engineers, landscape architects, artists and photographers whose work has given rise to an entirely new dimension in designing the cityscape. It features leading figures from the international scene, including Tadao Andao, Emilio Ambasz, Daniel Buren, Tony Cragg, Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Anish Kapoor, Rem Koolhaas, Maya Lin, Richard Long and James Turrel, among many others.
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October 2003, Milano
October 2003, Milano
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The strategies employed by designers around the world today provide with a myriad of practical solutions and demonstrate how gardens can be incorporated even into the most nomadic of lifestyles bound by concrete and asphalt. Les stratégies développpées par les designers du monde entier donnent des solutions pratiques pour réaliser des jardins, en montrant qu'ils peuvent(...)
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The strategies employed by designers around the world today provide with a myriad of practical solutions and demonstrate how gardens can be incorporated even into the most nomadic of lifestyles bound by concrete and asphalt. Les stratégies développpées par les designers du monde entier donnent des solutions pratiques pour réaliser des jardins, en montrant qu'ils peuvent(...)
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Small urban gardens - petits jardins urbains - klein gärten in der stadt
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The strategies employed by designers around the world today provide with a myriad of practical solutions and demonstrate how gardens can be incorporated even into the most nomadic of lifestyles bound by concrete and asphalt. Les stratégies développpées par les designers du monde entier donnent des solutions pratiques pour réaliser des jardins, en montrant qu'ils peuvent s'intégrer à cet environnement d'asphalte et de béton.
Small urban gardens - petits jardins urbains - klein gärten in der stadt
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The strategies employed by designers around the world today provide with a myriad of practical solutions and demonstrate how gardens can be incorporated even into the most nomadic of lifestyles bound by concrete and asphalt. Les stratégies développpées par les designers du monde entier donnent des solutions pratiques pour réaliser des jardins, en montrant qu'ils peuvent s'intégrer à cet environnement d'asphalte et de béton.
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May 2006, Köln
May 2006, Köln
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The book guides the readers through the community gardens created in vacant lots in the little Manhattan neighborhood called Loisaida, born to accomodate the waves of immigrants moving to the USA. Michela Pasquali tells the gardens’ story and their development and evolution over the past thirty years, including the recent risk of their being demolished due to building(...)
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The book guides the readers through the community gardens created in vacant lots in the little Manhattan neighborhood called Loisaida, born to accomodate the waves of immigrants moving to the USA. Michela Pasquali tells the gardens’ story and their development and evolution over the past thirty years, including the recent risk of their being demolished due to building(...)
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Loisaida : NYC community gardens
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The book guides the readers through the community gardens created in vacant lots in the little Manhattan neighborhood called Loisaida, born to accomodate the waves of immigrants moving to the USA. Michela Pasquali tells the gardens’ story and their development and evolution over the past thirty years, including the recent risk of their being demolished due to building speculation in the area. First created at the beginning of the 1970s, thanks to the initiative of a group of local residents, the Loisaida community gardens stand out as one of the most interesting examples of New York’s hidden green urban spaces. A blend of different cultures, languages, religions and habits which overlap and come together in the evocative names chosen for the gardens: El Sol Brillante, Brisas del Caribe, Miracle Garden...
Loisaida : NYC community gardens
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The book guides the readers through the community gardens created in vacant lots in the little Manhattan neighborhood called Loisaida, born to accomodate the waves of immigrants moving to the USA. Michela Pasquali tells the gardens’ story and their development and evolution over the past thirty years, including the recent risk of their being demolished due to building speculation in the area. First created at the beginning of the 1970s, thanks to the initiative of a group of local residents, the Loisaida community gardens stand out as one of the most interesting examples of New York’s hidden green urban spaces. A blend of different cultures, languages, religions and habits which overlap and come together in the evocative names chosen for the gardens: El Sol Brillante, Brisas del Caribe, Miracle Garden...
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June 2006, Milano
June 2006, Milano
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Urban landscape architecture
Urban landscape architecture
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The urban landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade as cities worldwide implement revitalization plans designed to keep urban areas vital and appealing for both tourism and residency. Bringing a sense of space and place to the public areas of urban cities is essential for the vitality of a city, and many cities are investing heavily in this type of urban(...)
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The urban landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade as cities worldwide implement revitalization plans designed to keep urban areas vital and appealing for both tourism and residency. Bringing a sense of space and place to the public areas of urban cities is essential for the vitality of a city, and many cities are investing heavily in this type of urban(...)
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Urban landscape architecture
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The urban landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade as cities worldwide implement revitalization plans designed to keep urban areas vital and appealing for both tourism and residency. Bringing a sense of space and place to the public areas of urban cities is essential for the vitality of a city, and many cities are investing heavily in this type of urban development. "Urban landscape architecture" showcases the most interesting and innovative urban landscape design and reviews the work of great architects and designers in this area. Each project features sketches, drawings, and photographs and highlights the design details of note for the reader.
Urban landscape architecture
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The urban landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade as cities worldwide implement revitalization plans designed to keep urban areas vital and appealing for both tourism and residency. Bringing a sense of space and place to the public areas of urban cities is essential for the vitality of a city, and many cities are investing heavily in this type of urban development. "Urban landscape architecture" showcases the most interesting and innovative urban landscape design and reviews the work of great architects and designers in this area. Each project features sketches, drawings, and photographs and highlights the design details of note for the reader.
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January 2007, Gloucester, MA
January 2007, Gloucester, MA
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The amazing book of mazes
The amazing book of mazes
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From the labyrinth that bedeviled Theseus in his search for the Minotaur to the exquisitely sculpted hedge mazes of English country houses, the maze has been a source of great pleasure and frustration for centuries. In "The amazing book of mazes", award-winning maze designer Adrian Fisher presents over 350 photographs of more than 150 contemporary and historical maze(...)
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From the labyrinth that bedeviled Theseus in his search for the Minotaur to the exquisitely sculpted hedge mazes of English country houses, the maze has been a source of great pleasure and frustration for centuries. In "The amazing book of mazes", award-winning maze designer Adrian Fisher presents over 350 photographs of more than 150 contemporary and historical maze(...)
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The amazing book of mazes
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From the labyrinth that bedeviled Theseus in his search for the Minotaur to the exquisitely sculpted hedge mazes of English country houses, the maze has been a source of great pleasure and frustration for centuries. In "The amazing book of mazes", award-winning maze designer Adrian Fisher presents over 350 photographs of more than 150 contemporary and historical maze designs, each one fully three-dimensional and interactive. In accompanying text, Fisher explains the complexities, innovations, and symbolism of each maze. Arranged by type, and including vertical, horizontal, and even mirror mazes, these mazes don't all invite solution, but they do test the limits of one's imagination.
The amazing book of mazes
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From the labyrinth that bedeviled Theseus in his search for the Minotaur to the exquisitely sculpted hedge mazes of English country houses, the maze has been a source of great pleasure and frustration for centuries. In "The amazing book of mazes", award-winning maze designer Adrian Fisher presents over 350 photographs of more than 150 contemporary and historical maze designs, each one fully three-dimensional and interactive. In accompanying text, Fisher explains the complexities, innovations, and symbolism of each maze. Arranged by type, and including vertical, horizontal, and even mirror mazes, these mazes don't all invite solution, but they do test the limits of one's imagination.
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November 2006, New York
November 2006, New York
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Gardens in time
Gardens in time
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Ambitious in scope and a wonder to examine, Gardens in Time captures two millennia of garden history between its covers. The follow-up to world-renowned photographer Alain Le Toquin's successful The Most Beautiful Gardens in the World, Gardens in Time contains lush and glorious photographs of the nearly 130 gardens that Le Toquin explored across 20 countries--the most(...)
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Ambitious in scope and a wonder to examine, Gardens in Time captures two millennia of garden history between its covers. The follow-up to world-renowned photographer Alain Le Toquin's successful The Most Beautiful Gardens in the World, Gardens in Time contains lush and glorious photographs of the nearly 130 gardens that Le Toquin explored across 20 countries--the most(...)
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Gardens in time
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Ambitious in scope and a wonder to examine, Gardens in Time captures two millennia of garden history between its covers. The follow-up to world-renowned photographer Alain Le Toquin's successful The Most Beautiful Gardens in the World, Gardens in Time contains lush and glorious photographs of the nearly 130 gardens that Le Toquin explored across 20 countries--the most comprehensive garden photo documentary ever undertaken by a single photographer. From the Roman gardens at Hadrian's villa to the modern work of landscape gardeners like Fernando Caruncho, the Wirtzes, and Robert Irwin, historical and contemporary gardens are showcased. All are complemented by Jacques Bosser's informative text, which reveals the evolutions, transformations, influences, and trends that characterize these beautiful landscapes, putting into context their aesthetic appeal, both then and now.
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Ambitious in scope and a wonder to examine, Gardens in Time captures two millennia of garden history between its covers. The follow-up to world-renowned photographer Alain Le Toquin's successful The Most Beautiful Gardens in the World, Gardens in Time contains lush and glorious photographs of the nearly 130 gardens that Le Toquin explored across 20 countries--the most comprehensive garden photo documentary ever undertaken by a single photographer. From the Roman gardens at Hadrian's villa to the modern work of landscape gardeners like Fernando Caruncho, the Wirtzes, and Robert Irwin, historical and contemporary gardens are showcased. All are complemented by Jacques Bosser's informative text, which reveals the evolutions, transformations, influences, and trends that characterize these beautiful landscapes, putting into context their aesthetic appeal, both then and now.
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November 2006, New York
November 2006, New York
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The institution's history and collections are presented in this volume. Through hundreds of photographs commissioned especially for this book and reproductions of rare botanical art, readers can tour the Botanical Garden's 250 historic acres and admire the more than one million living plants in its care. The book describes the origins and purpose of a botanical garden and(...)
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The institution's history and collections are presented in this volume. Through hundreds of photographs commissioned especially for this book and reproductions of rare botanical art, readers can tour the Botanical Garden's 250 historic acres and admire the more than one million living plants in its care. The book describes the origins and purpose of a botanical garden and(...)
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The New York botanical gardens
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The institution's history and collections are presented in this volume. Through hundreds of photographs commissioned especially for this book and reproductions of rare botanical art, readers can tour the Botanical Garden's 250 historic acres and admire the more than one million living plants in its care. The book describes the origins and purpose of a botanical garden and provides a look at the Garden's scientific discoveries since its founding in 1891.
The New York botanical gardens
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The institution's history and collections are presented in this volume. Through hundreds of photographs commissioned especially for this book and reproductions of rare botanical art, readers can tour the Botanical Garden's 250 historic acres and admire the more than one million living plants in its care. The book describes the origins and purpose of a botanical garden and provides a look at the Garden's scientific discoveries since its founding in 1891.
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November 2006, New York
November 2006, New York
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Une promenade illustrée dans le jardin du Luxembourg. Photographies d'André Arnold-Peltier. Textes de Vassili Karist.
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Une promenade illustrée dans le jardin du Luxembourg. Photographies d'André Arnold-Peltier. Textes de Vassili Karist.
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Le jardin du Luxembourg - jardin du sénat - Paris - the Luxembourg gardens
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Une promenade illustrée dans le jardin du Luxembourg. Photographies d'André Arnold-Peltier. Textes de Vassili Karist.
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Une promenade illustrée dans le jardin du Luxembourg. Photographies d'André Arnold-Peltier. Textes de Vassili Karist.
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March 2006, Paris
March 2006, Paris
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