An edition of Topiary, knots and parterres
(2017)
Topiary, knots and parterres
by Foley, Caroline (Writer on gardens)
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"Topiary, knots, and parterres come in many guises, from the grand and imposing to the humble and folksy. In this book Caroline Foley -- with the aid of diarists, writers, wits, designers, gardeners, and garden owners -- traces their story through the centuries and across the world"--Jacket flap.
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Table of Contents
The patrician gardens of Rome, AD 79-476
Byzantium and the Paradise Garden, AD 395-1453
Medieval Europe and the Hurtus Conclusus, 5th-15th centuries
The Italian renaissance: humanism, the high renaissance and mannerism, 15th-17th centuries
The French renaissance, 15th-17th centuries
Britain: the Tudors and Stuarts, 1509-1613
War in Europe and the Dutch golden age, 1613-1702
The swan song of the formal garden: England in the 18th century
The Victorian garden: England in the 19th century
The landscape movement
The victorian garden
The arts and crafts movement: the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Summing up: into the 21st century.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 284) and index.
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