Essais de poetique des jardins

What is that secret force of gardens that draws mankind into their poetical world? This study, which ranges from ancient to modern times, pays particular attention to French gardens of the 17th and 18th centuries, analyzing the relationship between culturally determined forms of perception, creation and life in the gardens themselves. The author also shows how gardens, in certain historical periods, have played an important role in the shaping of collective cultures and of ethical as well as political ideas.
(Texte Français - French Text)
Prize winner of the GRINZANE CAVOUR AWARD - BOTANICAL GARDENS HANBURY - 2005

Michel Conan

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