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This volume focuses on the outstanding contributions made by botany
and the mathematical sciences to the genesis and development of
early modern garden art and garden culture. The many facets of the
mathematical sciences and botany point to the increasingly
"scientific" approach that was being adopted in and applied to
garden art and garden culture in the early modern period. This
development was deeply embedded in the philosophical, religious,
political, cultural and social contexts, running parallel to the
beginning of processes of scientization so characteristic for
modern European history. This volume strikingly shows how these
various developments are intertwined in gardens for various
purposes.
A beautiful, illustrated exploration of European burial sites and
memorials from the First and Second World Wars The wealth of
splendid photography in this singular publication features military
cemeteries and memorials, conveying their grace, solemn beauty, and
deep emotional resonance. Hundreds of cemeteries and memorials from
the First and Second World Wars are featured-locations throughout
Europe with particular emphasis on sites in England, France,
Belgium, and Germany. The book's essays delve into the landscape
and architectural history of these hallowed spaces, which were
designed by architects such as Charles Henry Holden, Edwin Luytens,
John Russell Pope, and Robert Tischler, among others. These
landscapes, each a campaign for remembrance and peace, take on new
significance alongside comparative images of more recent memorials,
including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, and the
National September 11 Memorial in New York. Distributed for
Mercatorfonds
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