Gothein, A History of Garden Art
Marie Luise Gothein (1863-1931) published this scholarly two-volume history of garden design in German in 1913. Its second edition of 1925 was translated ...
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Written by landscape historian Alessandra Ponte, this collection of essays begins with an investigation of the American obsession with lawns and then continues ...
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Pirro Ligorio (1510–1583), an Italian architect and antiquarian who designed the Casino of Pius IV and large portions of the gardens of the ...
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Kruft, History of Architectural Theory
As the first comprehensive encyclopedic survey of Western architectural theory from Vitruvius to the present, this book is an essential resource for architects, ...
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Ramble, Linger, and Gaze explores a method of architectural research based on narrative dialogue and examines the garden theories and literary garden representations ...
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Mallgrave, Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory: Vitruvius to 1870 is a landmark anthology that surveys the development of the field of architecture from its earliest days to ...
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Art in Theory (1648-1815) provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents on the theory of art from the founding of the French ...
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Bergdoll, Oechslin, Fragments Architecture and the Unfinished
From the first treatise on architecture in antiquity, wholeness and finality were among the chief aspirations of architects, both in individual designs and ...
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