Gardens of the Gods: Myth, Magic and Meaning in Horticulture

by Christopher McIntosh

Paperback, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

712.6

Collection

Publication

I. B. Tauris (2005), Paperback, 224 pages

Description

"Gardens of the Gods" reveals the symbolic language of garden design, exploring the gardens of China, with their moon gates and immortal rocks, the Zen gardens of Japan, the paradise gardens of Islam, those of Renaissance Italy with their richly mythological imagery, the landscaped parks of England, the gardens of New Harmony in the US and some striking, modern examples of symbolic gardens, including the Tarot Garden of the sculptress Niki de Saint Phalle in Italy. This illustrated book also includes a chapter with suggestions for creating a "garden of meaning" and a selected catalogue of plants with symbolic or mythological associations. Based on ten years of research, travel and curiostiy, this text is also the result of a personal quest - to reveal the mystical codes written in the astonishing worlds of gardens worldwide.… (more)

Language

Original publication date

2004

Physical description

224 p.; 6.14 inches

ISBN

1860647405 / 9781860647406
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