Inventing the Garden

by Paola Gallo, Virgilio Vercelloni, J. Paul Getty Museum, et al.

The authors trace the evolution of the Western garden from the first plots cultivated for pleasure in the Middle East to today's diverse green spaces that challenge traditional ideas about what constitutes a garden. They examine the changing attitude toward nature--as something to be dominated or embraced, ordered or allowed to range freely, exploited or conserved.

Examples of the highly prescribed hortus conclusus or enclosed spaces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606060473
• ISBN13: 9781606060476
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.5" x 11.8"