Essay on Gardens A Chapter in the French Picturesque |
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| Author:
| Watelet, Claude-Henri |
| Editor:
| Danon, Samuel |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Danon, Samuel |
| Introduction by:
| Disponzio, Joseph |
| Series title: | Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-3722-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.