EX HORTO: DUMBARTON OAKS TEXTS IN GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE STUDIES

Theory of Gardens

Edited by Joseph Disponzio

Translated by Emily T. Cooperman

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ISBN 9780884024538

Publication Date: 09/03/2019

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Foreword [John Beardsley]
Introduction [Joseph Disponzio]
- Morel’s Practical and Intellectual Formation and the Age of Enlightenment
- Morel’s Théorie des jardins
- The Second Edition
- Notes
Bibliographic Essay [Joseph Disponzio]
Theory of Gardens [translated by Emily T. Cooperman]
- I. Of Symmetrical Gardens
- II. Of Nature’s Spectacle and the Advantages of the Country
- III. Divisions of Gardens
- IV. Of the Materials of Nature
- V. Of Climate
- VI. Of the Seasons
  - Of Spring
  - Of Summer
  - Of Autumn
  - Of Winter
- VII. Of Terrain
  - Of Its General Effects
  - Principles for Shaping the Terrain
  - Conclusion
  - Of the Relationship of Terrain to the Classes of Gardens
- VIII. Of Water
  - General Effects
  - Specific Characters of Water
- IX. Of the Effects of Vegetation
- X. Of Rocks
- XI. Of Buildings
- XII. Of the Countryside
  - Description of Ermenonville
- XIII. Of the Park
  - Description of Guiscard
- XIV. Of the Farm
- XV. Of the Garden Proper
- XVI. Of the Types
Notes to the Translation

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