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In his first book in ten years, Franco Maria Ricci presents a collection of photographs celebrating the art and mystery of mazes throughout the ages. Franco Maria Ricci -publisher, art collector, bibliophile, garden designer, visionary - presents this collection of beautiful, haunting photographs chronicling his latest project: a massive bamboo labyrinth near(...)
Labyrinths : the art of the maze
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In his first book in ten years, Franco Maria Ricci presents a collection of photographs celebrating the art and mystery of mazes throughout the ages. Franco Maria Ricci -publisher, art collector, bibliophile, garden designer, visionary - presents this collection of beautiful, haunting photographs chronicling his latest project: a massive bamboo labyrinth near Fontanellato, Italy, scheduled to open in 2014.
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Deco rooms with plants
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This good-humored, relentlessly fresh guide to using plants in any home comes from Satoshi Kawamoto, the garden stylist behind Green Fingers, a mini-chain of home and garden shops in Tokyo. To Kawamoto-san, any empty space in any home — no matter how small — is the perfect place for a plant: kitchen, bedroom, entry, bathroom, an unused shoe.
Deco rooms with plants
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This good-humored, relentlessly fresh guide to using plants in any home comes from Satoshi Kawamoto, the garden stylist behind Green Fingers, a mini-chain of home and garden shops in Tokyo. To Kawamoto-san, any empty space in any home — no matter how small — is the perfect place for a plant: kitchen, bedroom, entry, bathroom, an unused shoe.
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Historien de l'architecture, spécialiste de l'Inde ancienne, George Michell retrace dans des textes pointus l'histoire et les particularités de ces monuments exceptionnels, de Dehli à Agra en passant par Fatehpur Sikri et Lahore. Les photographies d'Amit Pasricha témoignaent de l'incroyable pouvoir et des richesses de cet empire.
Architecture et jardins moghols
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Historien de l'architecture, spécialiste de l'Inde ancienne, George Michell retrace dans des textes pointus l'histoire et les particularités de ces monuments exceptionnels, de Dehli à Agra en passant par Fatehpur Sikri et Lahore. Les photographies d'Amit Pasricha témoignaent de l'incroyable pouvoir et des richesses de cet empire.
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Les auteurs proposent de remonter l'histoire, à la découverte du jardin des Tuileries, création majeure du règne de Louis XIV et considéré comme l'un des chefs d'oeuvre d'A. Le Nôtre. Cet architecte paysager qui avait appris le métier de jardinier et le resta toute sa vie durant aux Tuileries, remodela entièrement ce jardin.
Le jardin des Tuileries d'André Le Nôtre: un chef-d'oeuvre pour le Roi-Soleil
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Les auteurs proposent de remonter l'histoire, à la découverte du jardin des Tuileries, création majeure du règne de Louis XIV et considéré comme l'un des chefs d'oeuvre d'A. Le Nôtre. Cet architecte paysager qui avait appris le métier de jardinier et le resta toute sa vie durant aux Tuileries, remodela entièrement ce jardin.
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Weeds of North America
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“What is a weed,” opined Emerson, “but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?” While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Wherever they take root, weeds compete for resources, and most often win. Richard Dickinson and France Royer shed light on this complex world with(...)
Weeds of North America
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“What is a weed,” opined Emerson, “but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?” While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Wherever they take root, weeds compete for resources, and most often win. Richard Dickinson and France Royer shed light on this complex world with Weeds of North America.
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A flower with love
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In A Flower with Love, Bruno Munari lets us in on the secret: "...what really matters is the love with which a little daisy, a lavender sprig or some moss are chosen, that one there in particular and not that other one." With full-color images, we learn that flower arranging is not an obscure art but a natural gesture requiring more care and imagination than money.(...)
A flower with love
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In A Flower with Love, Bruno Munari lets us in on the secret: "...what really matters is the love with which a little daisy, a lavender sprig or some moss are chosen, that one there in particular and not that other one." With full-color images, we learn that flower arranging is not an obscure art but a natural gesture requiring more care and imagination than money. Munari's examples are not to be copied slavishly; they represent examples to aid the reader in uncovering their own natural aesthetic sensibilities.
Edward Bawden's Kew gardens
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Based on Edward Bawden’s evocative period illustrations, posters, and linocuts, this book brings to life Kew Gardens, the 300-acre site just outside London that encompasses a world-renowned botanical garden, Kew Palace, and much more, all open to the public. Offering a lighthearted social history of Kew, peopled with the many royals who lived at or visited Kew, this is a(...)
Edward Bawden's Kew gardens
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Based on Edward Bawden’s evocative period illustrations, posters, and linocuts, this book brings to life Kew Gardens, the 300-acre site just outside London that encompasses a world-renowned botanical garden, Kew Palace, and much more, all open to the public. Offering a lighthearted social history of Kew, peopled with the many royals who lived at or visited Kew, this is a colorful portrait of a time gone by.
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Japanese zen garden
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This book explores the Zen characteristics of these gardens, and discusses the impact Zen Buddhism has had on the Japanese way of looking at the natural world. The book considers how these gardens can be seen as artistic representations of Zen consciousness, reflecting the longing for religious enlightenment.
Japanese zen garden
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This book explores the Zen characteristics of these gardens, and discusses the impact Zen Buddhism has had on the Japanese way of looking at the natural world. The book considers how these gardens can be seen as artistic representations of Zen consciousness, reflecting the longing for religious enlightenment.
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February 2014
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In Private Landscapes, landscape architect Pamela Burton and interior designer Marie Botnick profile twenty significant gardens, and their accompanying houses, by celebrated architects of mid century modernism, including Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, A. Quincy Jones, and John Lautner.
Private landscapes : Modernist gardens in Southern California
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In Private Landscapes, landscape architect Pamela Burton and interior designer Marie Botnick profile twenty significant gardens, and their accompanying houses, by celebrated architects of mid century modernism, including Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, A. Quincy Jones, and John Lautner.
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Covering 630 species, Trees of Western North America presents all the native and naturalized trees of the western United States and Canada as far east as the Great Plains. The book features superior descriptions; thousands of meticulous color paintings by David More that illustrate important visual details; range maps that provide a thumbnail view of distribution for each(...)
Trees of Western North America
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Covering 630 species, Trees of Western North America presents all the native and naturalized trees of the western United States and Canada as far east as the Great Plains. The book features superior descriptions; thousands of meticulous color paintings by David More that illustrate important visual details; range maps that provide a thumbnail view of distribution for each native species; "Quick ID" summaries; a user-friendly layout; scientific and common names; the latest taxonomy; information on the most recently naturalized species; a key to leaves; and an introduction to tree identification, forest ecology, and plant classification and structure.
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