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<< Hill, Penelope : Contemporary History of Garden Design - European Gardens Between Art and Architecture >>
2004, 261 p., Hardcover, ISBN: 978-3-7643-7117-3; 37,34 €
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About this book
In a volume of impressive detail and opulent photography the British landscape architect and art historian Penelope Hill has portrayed the developments in contemporary European garden art. Presenting hundreds of gardens - some well-known, others unknown - from the whole of Europe, she succeeds in demonstrating the rich inventiveness, the originality, and the provocative force of a form of art which has attracted renewed interest in recent years. Hill shows how in the field of garden design, the use of new materials, the influence of ecology and art as well as town planning have brought about a break with tradition, and how new goals are emerging.

Fazit
Europe and Garden design
Nicht ohne Grund sind die Gartengestalter und ihre Interpreten, anonym oder bekannt aus dem angelsächsischen Raum.
Penelope Hill gibt in ihrem Prachtband zur britischen Gartengestaltung ihr Bestes " Contemporary History of Garden Design - European Gardens Between Art and Architecture" . Die aktuellen Entwicklungen der europäischen Gartenkunst werden in ihrer Originalität und Neuheit auf den Punkt gebracht. Material und Ökologie vereinen sich zu einem erfrischenden Aufbruch zukunftsgerichter Sichtweisen.