European Gardens, Landscape Gardening, Regional Gardening - General & Miscellaneous, Gardening History
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Overview
"On Other Grounds addresses the broader impacts of the English landscape movement on French gardening during the latter half of the eighteenth century. Through readings of the relevant texts of major authors of the period - including Voltaire, Newton, Rousseau, Condillac, Descartes, Diderot, Walpole, and Locke - the author demonstrates the links between landscape gardening, the formation of national identity, and nationalism in England and France. Themes that are central to Enlightenment studies are explored, including theories of nature, the picturesque, sensibility, the rise of nationalism and colonialism."--BOOK JACKET.Editorials
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Weltman-Aron (French, U. of Memphis) addresses the influence of the English landscape movement on French gardening during the latter half of the 18th century. Based on readings of relevant texts of major authors during the period<-->including Voltaire, Newton, Rousseau, Condillac, Descartes, Diderot, Walpole, and Locke<-->the author describes the links between landscape gardening, the development of national identity, and nationalism in England and France. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 21, 2000
Publisher
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2001.
Pages
200
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780791448069