Essay on Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)

Essay on Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)

by Claude - Henri Watelet (Author), SamuelDanon (Author), JosephDisponzio (Introduction)

Synopsis

Published in 1774, Essay on Gardens is one of the earliest texts showing the progressive shift in French taste from the classical model of the gardens at Versailles to the picturesque or natural style of garden design in the late eighteenth century.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 104
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 14 May 2003

ISBN 10: 0812237226
ISBN 13: 9780812237221