Hints on Landscape Gardening

English Edition with the Hand-colored Illustrations of the Atlas of 1834
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-03821-091-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Park Muskau, Prince Pückler’s extraordinary nineteenth-century creation on both sides of the River Neisse, together with ( ), his instructive 1834 treatise based on the park’s design, are as important to American landscape architects as the work and writings of Frederick Law Olmsted. This thoroughly new and authoritative edition translated by John Hargraves, with an introduction by landscape historian and Pückler authority Linda Parshall, contains the same forty-four images and four maps as the original large-format accompanying the German text. Published in collaboration with the Foundation for Landscape Studies, the print edition of the book shall be matched by an electronic publication that contains the illustrations in a size corresponding with the original dimensions (approx. 51 x 35 cm) of the . The page concordance in the margins of the translated text allows for a precise reference to the German original.

Zielgruppe

Academics, art and architecture historians, garden historians, la

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hargraves, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;7
2;Introduction;9
3;Hints on Landscape Gardening, Together with a Description of their Practical Application in Muskau;19
4;Dedication;21
5;Introduction;25
6;Section One;29
6.1;Chapter One, Fundamental Idea and Plan of a Park;31
6.2;Chapter Two, Size and Extent;33
6.3;Chapter Three, Enclosure;36
6.4;Chapter Four, General Groupings and Buildings;39
6.5;Chapter Five, Parks and Gardens;43
6.6;Chapter Six, The Installation of Grass Lawns;47
6.7;Chapter Seven, Transplanting and Grouping of Larger Trees;51
6.8;Chapter Eight, Roads and Paths;63
6.9;Chapter Nine, Water;67
6.10;Chapter Ten, Islands;70
6.11;Chapter Eleven, Rocks;72
6.12;Chapter Twelve, Earthworks and Esplanades;73
6.13;Chapter Thirteen, Maintenance;74
7;Section Two;77
7.1;First Itinerary;95
7.2;Second Itinerary;106
7.3;Third Itinerary;109
8;Notes on the Translation;113
9;Translator’s Note;115
10;Atlas to the Hints on Landscape Gardening, with the Hand-colored Illustrations of the Muskau Folio;117
11;About the Contributors;172
12;Index of Persons, Places, and Garden Design Terms;173
13;Index to the Plates and Maps;176

Über Autor(innen)

In association with the Foundation for Landscape Studies Translated by John Hargraves