The History of Gardens |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Persian and Islamic Gardens | 27 |
Chinese Gardens | 43 |
Japanese Gardens | 63 |
Medieval Gardens | 81 |
The Renaissance Garden in Italy | 95 |
Jokes and Puzzles | 113 |
The Renaissance Garden in France and England | 121 |
Louis XIV and Versailles | 147 |
The Development of the Formal Garden in Europe | 163 |
Leaping the Fence | 181 |
This Perfectly Arcadian Farm | 199 |
The Total Landscape | 209 |
Gardens in the Nineteenth Century | 227 |
The Modern Garden | 253 |
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