A History of Garden Art by Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein

A History of Garden Art by Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein

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The second edition of this two-volume history of garden design by Marie Luise Gothein was translated into English and published in 1928. The highly illustrated work, describing gardening worldwide from antiquity up to the early twentieth century, is still regarded as among the most thorough and important surveys of its kind.

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A History of Garden Art by Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein

Marie Luise Gothein (1863-1931) published this scholarly two-volume history of garden design in German in 1913. Its second edition of 1925 was translated into English by Laura Archer-Hind, edited by gardening author Walter P. Wright (1864-1940), and published in 1928. The highly illustrated work is still regarded as among the most thorough and important surveys of its kind. It begins by examining evidence from both archaeology and literature, as well as climate and soil conditions, to discuss the gardens of ancient Egypt and Assyria, and continues to survey developments worldwide until the twentieth century. Individual gardens, technical innovations, and fashions in horticulture are all discussed in detail. Volume 2 considers northern European gardens of the Renaissance, the cultural importance of Louis XIV's France, the impact of the introduction of foreign plants, and gardening in Europe, the Far East and North America up to the early twentieth century.
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ISBN 13 9781108076142
ISBN 10 1108076149
Title A History of Garden Art
Author Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein
Series A History Of Garden Art 2 Volume Set
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2014-09-11
Number of pages 496
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