Description |
xi, 243 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps (some color), plans ; 33 x 26 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; 135 |
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Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; 135
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Contents |
Foreword -- Prologue: framing style in the garden -- Imagining the Australian garden: 1600s-1800s -- Emparking the Australian bush: 1780s-1820s -- Colonial modernism: 1820s-40s -- Botanical and horticultural virtuosity: 1830s-50s -- Planting for scenic effect: 1860s-80s -- Cities, gardens, and beauty: 1880s-1920s -- Modernism, functionalism, and naturalism: 1920s-60s -- Australian-plant gardens: 1920s-70s -- So many gardens, so little time: 1980s-2010s |
Summary |
From the imaginings of migrant garden-makers of the late-18th century to the concerns of 21st century gardeners, this book charts its way across four centuries through a handsome and satisfying fusion of images and text. Includes an array of images - paintings, drawings, prints, plans, and photographs - most never previously published |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-230) and index |
Subject |
Gardeners -- Australia -- Biography.
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Gardening -- History.
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Gardening -- Australia -- History.
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Gardens -- Pictorial works.
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Gardens -- Australia -- Pictorial works.
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Gardens -- Australia -- Design.
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Gardens, Australian -- History.
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Landscape design -- History.
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Landscape design -- Australia -- History.
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Landscape design -- Australia.
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Landscape gardening -- Australia -- History.
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Buildings -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Illustrated works.
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LC no. |
2010534740 |
ISBN |
9780522857504 (hbk.) |
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