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Foreign Trends in American Gardens: A History of Exchange, Adaptation, and Reception
Raffaella . Ed(S): Fabiani Giannetto
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paperback. Editor(s): Fabiani Giannetto, Raffaella. Num Pages: 288 pages, 86 black & white illistrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Foreign Trends in American Gardens addresses the influence of foreign, designed landscapes on the development of their American counterparts. Including essays from an array of significant scholars in landscape studies, this collection examines topics ranging from the importation of Western and Eastern styles of design and theoretical literature to the adaptation of specific plant types. As the variety of topics and influences discussed demonstrates, the essence of American gardens defies simple definition.
Examining the translation, imitation, adaptation, and naturalization of stylistic trends and horticultural specimens into American gardens, the book also dwells on the juxtaposition of the foreign and ... Read more
Foreign Trends in American Gardens addresses the influence of foreign, designed landscapes on the development of their American counterparts. Including essays from an array of significant scholars in landscape studies, this collection examines topics ranging from the importation of Western and Eastern styles of design and theoretical literature to the adaptation of specific plant types. As the variety of topics and influences discussed demonstrates, the essence of American gardens defies simple definition.
Examining the translation, imitation, adaptation, and naturalization of stylistic trends and horticultural specimens into American gardens, the book also dwells on the juxtaposition of the foreign and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813939292
SKU
V9780813939292
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About Raffaella . Ed(S): Fabiani Giannetto
Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, is the author of Medici Gardens: From Making to Design.
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