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Author:
Weiss, Allen S., 1953-
Title:
Unnatural horizons : paradox and contradiction in landscape architecture / Allen S. Weiss.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Princeton Architectural Press,
Copyright Date:
1998
Description:
175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Landscape architecture--History.
Gardens--History.--History.
Gardens--History.--History.
Gardens--History.--History.
History.
Architecture du paysage--Histoire.
Gartenkunst--©sthetik.
Jardins--Histoire.--Histoire.
Jardins--Histoire.--Histoire.
Jardins--Philosophie.--Philosophie.
Park--Ikonographie.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174)
Summary:
"Unnatural Horizons presents a selective history of the last five centuries of landscape architecture, at the intersection of poetics and science, rhetoric and technology, philosophy and politics. It investigates the relations between garden aesthetics and metaphysics, discussing further the issues raised by author Allen S. Weiss's highly acclaimed Mirrors of Infinity." --Book Jacket.
ISBN:
9781568981390
1568981392
OCLC:
(OCoLC)37947095
LCCN:
97043587
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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