Landscape Design: A Cultural and Landscape History
Ten years in the making, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers’s survey of the built environment from prehistoric times to the present shows how landscapes can be read as documents of the cultural values of period and place. This book covers prehistoric ritual landscapes as cosmological religious centers, the landscapes of classical antiquity as covenants between humans and nature, the villa garden as an Arcadian ideal, Islamic and medieval gardens as metaphors for paradise, East Asian gardens as animate spirit in earthly form, princely gardens as emblems of autocratic rule, monumental urban planning as a paradigm of power, and metropolitan and national parks, vernacular and community gardens, and theme parks and shopping malls as products of democracy and consumer capitalism.
With over six hundred images, plans, drawings, historic prints, and contemporary photographs Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History is the standard resource for students, teachers, landscape architects, gardeners, and anyone who wishes to learn how to read the landscapes of travel and home with an educated eye.
In addition to the book’s table of contents and introduction, this website contains:
- An expanded index for scholars and others who seek more detailed entries
- A periodically updated bibliography
- An illustrated glossary of landscape terms.