A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
The Cultural Histories Series
ISBN-10
1350009938
ISBN-13
9781350009936
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 22nd, 2016
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
522 grams
Dimensions
38.40 x 24.50 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
c 1500 onwards to present day19th century, c 1800 to c 189920th century, c 1900 to c 1999Landscape architecture and designLandscape art & architectureModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900Social & cultural historyHistorySocial and cultural historyGardens (descriptions, history etc)
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As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a product and representation of industrialization and urbanization, they were also motors of change. Gardens became an industry in and of themselves. They were both the last resting places of the dead and cultivated plots for survival. Gardens were therapeutic environments regarded as civilizing, socializing and assimilating institutions, and they were designed and perceived as social landscapes and community playgrounds.
Rich with symbolism, gardens were treated as the subject and the setting for literature and painting and were often considered works of art in themselves. In a time of empire, when plants were drawn from across the globe, gardens also reflected territorial conquest and expansion and they fostered national, regional and local identities.
A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empirepresents an overview of the period with essays on issues of design, types of gardens, planting, use and reception, issues of meaning, verbal and visual representation of gardens, and the relationship of gardens to the larger landscape.
Rich with symbolism, gardens were treated as the subject and the setting for literature and painting and were often considered works of art in themselves. In a time of empire, when plants were drawn from across the globe, gardens also reflected territorial conquest and expansion and they fostered national, regional and local identities.
A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empirepresents an overview of the period with essays on issues of design, types of gardens, planting, use and reception, issues of meaning, verbal and visual representation of gardens, and the relationship of gardens to the larger landscape.
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