Gardens of Court and Country
English Design 1630-1730
ISBN: HB: 9780300222012,
Yale University Press,
April 2017
416 pp., 28,6x24,1 cm, 150 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.
416 pp., 28,6x24,1 cm, 150 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.
"Gardens of Court and Country" provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the English formal garden from 1630 to 1730. Often overshadowed by the English landscape garden that became fashionable later in the 18th century, English...
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45.00 GBP
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Modernism and Landscape Architecture, 1890-1940
ISBN: HB: 9780300196399,
Yale University Press,
May 2015
344 pp., 28,0x22,9 cm, 75 colour illus., 173 black&white illus.
344 pp., 28,0x22,9 cm, 75 colour illus., 173 black&white illus.
In the period from 1890 to 1940, landscape architects organized as a profession distinct from art and architecture, bringing to the fore a variety of theories and aspirations-to influence urban growth, reinforce national identity, and shape land cons...
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50.00 GBP
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Gardens of the British Working Class
ISBN: PB: 9780300212358,
Yale University Press,
April 2015
388 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 colour images, 80 black&white illus.
388 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 colour images, 80 black&white illus.
This magnificently illustrated people's history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted and loved was not their own. Spanning more than four centuries, from the earliest...
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13.99 GBP
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Rich Spot of Earth
Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello
ISBN: PB: 9780300208627,
Yale University Press,
November 2014
352 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 201 illus.
352 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 201 illus.
Were Thomas Jefferson to walk the grounds of Monticello today, he would no doubt feel fully at home in the 1,000-foot terraced vegetable garden where the very vegetables and herbs he favoured are thriving. Extensively and painstakingly restored under...
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22.50 GBP
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Dan Graham
The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: MIX MEDIA: 9780300208757,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
August 2014
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 60 colour illus.
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 60 colour illus.
The artist Dan Graham (b. 1942) has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses writing, performance art, installation, video, photography and architecture. Throughout his career, Graham has examined the symbiosis between architectural environments and...
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6.95 GBP
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Art of the Louvre's Tuileries Garden
ISBN: HB: 9780300197372,
Yale University Press,
December 2013
160 pp., 25,4x30,5 cm, 100 colour and black&white illus.
160 pp., 25,4x30,5 cm, 100 colour and black&white illus.
The Tuileries Garden is a masterpiece of garden design and one of the world's most iconic public art spaces. Designed for Louis XIV by landscape architect Andre Le Notre, it served the now-destroyed Tuileries Palace. It was opened to the public in 16...
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47.50 GBP
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Making of the English Gardener
Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660
ISBN: PB: 9780300197266,
Yale University Press,
July 2013
336 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 colour images, 80 black&white illus.
336 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 colour images, 80 black&white illus.
In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England. Ideas were exchanged across networks of gardeners, botanists, scholars, and courtiers, and the burgeoning vernacu...
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16.99 GBP
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Carscapes
The Motor Car, Architecture, and Landscape in England
ISBN: HB: 9780300187045,
Yale University Press,
October 2012
400 pp., 28,6x24,1 cm, 225 colour images, 75 black&white illus.
400 pp., 28,6x24,1 cm, 225 colour images, 75 black&white illus.
When the motor car first came to England in the 1890s, it was a luxury item with little practical purpose – drivers couldn't travel very far or very quickly without paved roads or traffic laws. Thus began a transformation that has affected the archit...
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40.00 GBP
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London Square
Gardens in the Midst of Town
ISBN: HB: 9780300152012,
Yale University Press,
May 2012
304 pp., 27,0x21,7 cm, 100 colour images, 160 black&white illus.
304 pp., 27,0x21,7 cm, 100 colour images, 160 black&white illus.
Modern-day London abounds with a multitude of gardens, enclosed by railings and surrounded by houses, which attest to the English love of nature. These green enclaves, known as squares, are among the most distinctive and admired features of the metro...
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40.00 GBP
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Cottages and Villas
The Birth of the Garden Suburb
ISBN: HB: 9780300167269,
Yale University Press,
October 2010
480 pp., 27,0x22,5 cm, 55 black&white illus., 250 colour illus.
480 pp., 27,0x22,5 cm, 55 black&white illus., 250 colour illus.
The garden suburb has its origins in London, and, contrary to wide-spread belief, its earliest phase took place not at the beginning of the twentieth century, with the much discussed garden-city movement, but one century earlier, with the creation of...
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55.00 GBP
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