A History of Garden Art: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein; Laura Archer-Hind

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107706774

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: June 2015
Print publication year:: 2014
First published in:: 1928
Online ISBN:: 9781107706774
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107706774

Subjects:: Plant Sciences, Life Sciences, Art, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, Architecture
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

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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 1 surveys the ancient civilisations of the Near East, Greece and Rome, discusses Byzantine and Islamic gardens, and the importance of monastery gardens in western Europe, and ends with a review of gardening in Europe during the Renaissance.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp v-vii

Frontispiece
pp viii-viii

Colophon
pp ix-x

PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
pp xi-xii

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
pp xiii-xiv

ABRIDGED PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
pp xv-xvi

Contents
pp xvii-xx

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
pp xxi-xxviii

CHAPTER I - ANCIENT EGYPT
pp 1-26

CHAPTER II - WESTERN ASIA IN ANCIENT TIMES
pp 27-50

CHAPTER III - ANCIENT GREECE
pp 51-80

CHAPTER IV - THE ROMAN EMPIRE
pp 81-134

CHAPTER V - BYZANTINE GARDENS AND THE COUNTRIES OF ISLAM
pp 135-168

CHAPTER VI - THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE WEST
pp 169-204

CHAPTER VII - ITALY IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE BAROQUE STYLE pages 205 to 251
pp 205-251

CHAPTER VII - ITALY IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE BAROQUE STYLE pages 252 to 275
pp 252-275

CHAPTER VII - ITALY IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE BAROQUE STYLE pages 275 to 305
pp 275-305

CHAPTER VII - ITALY IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE BAROQUE STYLE pages 305 to 333
pp 305-333

CHAPTER VII - ITALY IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE BAROQUE STYLE pages 333 to 350
pp 333-350

CHAPTER VIII - SPAIN AND PORTUGAL IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE pages 351 to 380
pp 351-380

CHAPTER VIII - SPAIN AND PORTUGAL IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE pages 380 to 388
pp 380-388

CHAPTER IX - FRANCE IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE pages 389 to 410
pp 389-410

CHAPTER IX - FRANCE IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE pages 411 to 432
pp 411-432

CHAPTER X - ENGLAND IN THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE
pp 433-459

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