Landscape design history greatly influenced today′s design
process and design solutions. Illustrated History of Landscape
Design provides an overview of landscape design, including the
iconic spaces throughout the centuries, starting from landscapes in
prehistory to current trends in landscape design. Featuring
hundreds of masterful, hand–drawn images, this highly visual guide
illustrates how the landscape has been shaped over time in relation
to human need. In a concise manner, this book helps students and
practitioners gain a critical perspective on how to apply
historical context to contemporary design challenges.
關於作者:
Elizabeth Boults is a landscape architect and educator. She
maintains an art–based practice in Berkeley, California, and
teaches in the landscape architecture programs at University of
California, Berkeley Extension, and University of California,
Davis. Her subject areas include drawing, design, and history.
Chip Sullivan is a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the
University of California, Berkeley. Author of several books, he is
the recipient of the Rome Prize, among many other national and
international awards. He currently writes an ongoing series of
illustrated articles for Landscape Architecture magazine.
目錄:
Introduction.
Prehistory–6th Century.
Cosmological Landscapes.
Ancient Gardens.
Landscape and Architecture.
Genius Loci.
6th–15th Centures.
Western Europe: Walled Minds, Walled Gardens.
Moorish Spain: An Indelible Influence.
China: Nature’s Splendor in a Garden.
Japan: In the Spirit of Nature.
15th Century.
Japan: Muromachi Era.
China: Ming Dynasty.
Central Asia: Timurid Garden Cities.
Italy: Curious Minds, Broadened Vistas.
16th Century.
Italy: The Rebirth of Rome.
Renaissance Gardens in France and England.
The Early Botanic Garden: An Encyclopedia of Plants.
Early Mughal Gardens: Persian Art Forms Travel East.
Japan: The Momoyama Era.
17th Century.
Japan: Edo Period.
The Mughal Empire: Sacred Symmetries.
Persian Gardens of Paradise.
Italian Baroque Styles.
The flowering of the Dutch Landscape.
English Gardens: A Restrained Mix of European Styles.
French Classical Gardens: The Control of Nature.
18th Century.
England: The Development of the Landscape Garden.
The Landscape Garden in France.
China: Qianlong’s Imprint.
Early American Gardens: Homeland Traditions.
19th Century.
England: The Victorians and Their Plants.
France: Republics and Empires.
Landscape Architecture in America.
20th Century.
The Glided Age: Extremes of Wealth and Poverty.
The New Aesthetic of Modernism.
Environmental Art: Nature as Medium.
Artistic Trends in Landscape Design.
Environmental and Ecological Design.
Postmodern Landscapes.
21st Century.
A Sustainable Earth: Ten Ideas.
Endnotes.
Bibliography.
Index.