The Genius of the Place: The English Landscape Garden 1620-1820

Book Overview

A garden classic, The Genius of the Place reveals that the history of landscape gardening is much more than a history of design and style; it opens up a wide perspective of English cultural history, showing how landscape gardening was gradually transformed over two centuries into an art that has been widely imitated throughout Europe and North America. The English landscape garden is richly documented in this anthology. Over 100 illustrations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262580926
• ISBN13: 9780262580922
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher