Arranged chronologically, the five chapters present the image of the garden as it evolves from the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century. Early prints illustrate biblical garden scenes and medieval gardens of love, while Renaissance images portray secular gardens and typographical plans and views. The grand style of the garden design emerges in the baroque period, followed by a more natural style in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, garden imagery changes as artists begin to depict small, private ...
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Arranged chronologically, the five chapters present the image of the garden as it evolves from the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century. Early prints illustrate biblical garden scenes and medieval gardens of love, while Renaissance images portray secular gardens and typographical plans and views. The grand style of the garden design emerges in the baroque period, followed by a more natural style in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, garden imagery changes as artists begin to depict small, private gardens and public parks rather than the great aristocratic estates.
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Seller's Description:
Fair. Size: 9x0x12; Book pages are clean and undamaged. The DJ shows moderate wear. The front hinge is separating. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.
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Very Good. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. First edition and first printing. 4to. Trade paperback. 179 pp. Includes a bibliography. Catalog for the1 April to 22 July, 1990, exhibition at the National Gallery of Art presenting prints and drawings on the theme of gardens from 1200 to 1900. Unread, clean and bright. Near fine.
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4to. 178 pp. Soft, glossy color illustrated wraps. Good with marginal creasing along corners. Some color but mostly black and white plates, including frontis. Includes list of 106 exhibited works. Exhibition catalogue created on occasion of exhibition "Gardens on Paper" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. from April 1 through July 22, 1990.
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