Nature and Ideology

Nature and Ideology

Author: Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780884022466

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The essays in this volume explore the broad range of ideas about nature reflected in twentieth-century concepts of natural gardens and their ideological implications. They also investigate garden designers' use of earlier ideas of natural gardens and their relationship to the rich model that nature offers.


Indian Gardens

Indian Gardens

Author: Tom Turner

Publisher: Gardenvisit.com

Published:

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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This is the first English translation of Marie-Luise Gothein's classic Indische Garten (1926). It is a real work of scholarship and a much more extensive treatment of Indian gardens than in her monumental History of Garden Art. Gothein learnt Sanskrit in order to research the subject.


Sound and Scent in the Garden

Sound and Scent in the Garden

Author: D. Fairchild Ruggles

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780884024224

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Sound and Scent in the Garden explores the experiences of sound and smell as dimensions of garden design. The contributors explore the sensory experience of gardens as places and demonstrate a wide variety of approaches to apply to the study of sensory history.