Sample Chapters of Landscape Design

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Chapter 2

Nature, Art, and Reason:
Landscape Design in the Classical World

Chapter 4

Classicism Reborn:
Landscape Ideals of the Renaissance in Italy and France

Chapter 5

Power and Glory:
The Genius of Le Nôtre and the Grandeur of the Baroque

Chapter 11

Landscape as Aesthetic Experience:
The Arts and Crafts Movement and the Revival of the Formal Garden

Chapter 15

Holding On and Letting Grow:
Landscape as Preservation, Conservation, Art, Sport, and Theory