Gardens and the Picturesque

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Gardens and the Picturesque
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 0262581310
ISBN-13 : 9780262581318
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Book Synopsis Gardens and the Picturesque by : John Dixon Hunt

Book excerpt: A collection of Hunt's essays, many previously unpublished, dealing with the ways in which men and women have given meaning to gardens and landscapes, especially with the ways in which gardens have represented the world of nature "picturesquely".


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