Greater Perfections: The Practice of Garden Theory

by John Dixon Hunt and DIXON HUNT JOHN

Book Overview

If gardening is most usually thought of as a practical activity, John Dixon Hunt's book explores the theoretical or conceptual basis of garden art. This involves taking a coherent and large-scale view of the garden in human culture throughout different times and places and treating the garden as the epitome of place-making or what is nowadays termed landscape architecture.

Greater Perfections explores the meanings of "garden" and its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812235061
• ISBN13: 9780812235067
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 9.8"