Poetics of Gardens

Name: Poetics of Gardens
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ISBN: 9780262132312

ISBN-10: 0262132311

ISBN-13: 9780262132312

Edition: 1988

Authors: Charles W. Moore, William J. Mitchell, William Turnbull

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There is a universality about the creation of gardens across time and in diverse cultures that has inspired this entirely different garden book: a playful and affectionate typology of gardens; a pattern book in which a score of landscapes and gardens are drawn, described, and analyzed not just as a bouquet of pleasures but as sources, lodes to be mined for materials, shapes and relationships, and ideas for transforming our own backyards. The Poetics of Gardensis a celebration of places and the gardens they can become. Most of the 500 sketches, axonometric drawings, and photographs were created especially for this book. They explore the special qualities of places and the acts that can…

Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 11/17/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 269
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Genius of the Place


Shan and Shui


God and Cain


Sunlight and Shadow


Memory and Expectation



The Designer's Place


Occupying the Site


Establishing the Game


Shaping Spaces


Creating Climates


Lending Life



The Place of the Past


Settings


Uluru


Ryoan-ji


Capability Brown's Parks


Isola Bella


Bali


Collections


Death Valley


The Collections of Three Kingdoms


The Summer Palace


Katsura Imperial Villa


Sissinghurst


Some Botanical Gardens


Pilgrimages


Amarnath


Lamayuru


Rousham


Stourhead


The Villa Lante


City Gardens: Isfahan and Beijing


Patterns


The Symmetries of the Ram Bagh


The Waters of Kashmir


Shalamar Bagh


Nishat Bagh


Mughul Tomb Gardens


The Alhambra


The Generalife


Vaux-le-Vicomte


Studley Royal



Our Own Places


Paradise Replayed


Bigger Patterns


Swifter Pilgrimages


Costlier Collections


Simpler Settings


Edens to Order


Amerikanergarten Chats


Courtyards


Front Yards


Backyards


Side Yards


Graveyards


Bibliography


Index