A verandah in Kyoto overlooking an expanse of white sand, its carefully raked parallel lines broken only by a few rocks; the mysterious recesses of a Chinese garden glimpsed through a circular opening in a high wall; the dried-up fountains and watercourses of a once sumptuous Mughal garden in India; a flight of terraces in Tuscany peopled by satyrs, dwarves, monkeys and gods; the surrealistic rock sculptures of Bomarzo; the throng of deities around the Fountain of Apollo at Versailles; a grotto in England with a nymph sleeping by murmuring waters; a Scottish hillside with the golden head of a Greek god half hidden in the shrubbery - these places, disparate geographically and culturally, are linked together.
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Gardens of the gods
myth, magic and meaning
by Christopher McIntosh
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Gardens of the Gods: Myth, Magic and Meaning in Horticulture
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Table of Contents
The symbolic language of gardens
Balancing the forces of nature : Chinese and Japanese gardens
A foretaste of paradise : the Islamic garden and its forebears
Gardens of gods and garden of saints : pagan and Christian motifs in European gardens
Ancient mysteries revived : the Renaissance garden in Italy
Rosicrucian marvels and recreations of Eden : late Renaissance gardens in Europe
Theatres of transformation : symbolism in Baroque and Rococo gardens
Visions of a new Elysium : symbolism and allegory in gardens of the eighteenth century
The symbol-strewn landscape : initiatic themes in European gardens of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries
The present age
Connecting with nature
Creating a garden of meaning.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index.
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