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A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,568
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A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire (Hardcover): Sonja Dumpelmann

A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)

Sonja Dumpelmann

Series: The Cultural Histories Series

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As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a product and representation of industrialisation and urbanisation, they were also motors of change. Gardens became an industry in and of themselves. They were both the last resting places of the dead and cultivated plots for surv ival. Gardens were therapeutic environments regarded as civilising, socialising and assimialting institutions, and they were designed and perceived as social landscapes and community playgrounds. Rich with symbolism, gardens were treated as the subject and the setting for literature and painting and were often considerd works of art in themselves. In a time of empire, when plants were drawn from across the globe, gardens also reflected territorial conquest and expansion and they fostered national, regional and local identities. A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the period with essays on issues of design, types of gardens, planting, use and reception, issues of meaning, verbal and visual representation of gardens, and the relationship of gardens to the larger landscape.

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Imprint: Berg Publishers
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Release date: May 2013
Editors: Sonja Dumpelmann
Dimensions: 244 x 169 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 978-0-85785-033-1
Categories: Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Gardening > Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
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LSN: 0-85785-033-4
Barcode: 9780857850331

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