A Cultural History Of Gardens In The Age Of Empire

A Cultural History Of Gardens In The Age Of Empire

As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a product and representation of industrialization and urbanization, they were also motors of change. Gardens became an industry in and of themselves. They were both the last resting places of the dead and cultivated plots for survival. Garden......
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As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a product and representation of industrialization and urbanization, they were also motors of change. Gardens became an industry in and of themselves. They were both the last resting places of the dead and cultivated plots for survival. Gardens were therapeutic environments regarded as civilizing, socializing and assimilating institutions, and they were designed and perceived as social landscapes and community playgrounds. Rich with symbolism, gardens were treated as the subject and the setting for literature and painting and were often considered works of art in themselves. In a time of empire, when plants were drawn from across the globe, gardens also reflected territorial conquest and expansion and they fostered national, regional and local identities.<i>A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire </i>presents an overview of the period with essays on issues of design, types of gardens, plantin
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As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a product and representation of industrialization and urbanization, they were also motors of change. Gardens became an industry in and of themselves. They were both the last resting places of the dead and cultivated plots for survival. Gardens were therapeutic environments regarded as civilizing, socializing and assimilating institutions, and they were designed and perceived as social landscapes and community playgrounds. Rich with symbolism, gardens were treated as the subject and the setting for literature and painting and were often considered works of art in themselves. In a time of empire, when plants were drawn from across the globe, gardens also reflected territorial conquest and expansion and they fostered national, regional and local identities.A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the period with essays on issues of design, types of gardens, planting, use and reception, issues of meaning, verbal and visual representation of gardens, and the relationship of gardens to the larger landscape.

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Oppdag en fortryllende reise gjennom tidene med A Cultural History Of Gardens In The Age Of Empire. Denne boka tar deg med tilbake til det nittende og tidlige tjueåret, hvor hager ikke bare var et resultat av industrialiseringen, men også viktige motorer for sosiale endringer og kulturell utvikling.

Hva kan du forvente?

  • Dyptgående analyser: Forfatterne presenterer essays om design, typer hager, planting, bruk og betydning.
  • Bli kjent med symbolikken: Hager fungerte ikke bare som estetiske uttrykk, men også som symboler i litteratur og kunst.
  • Historisk kontekst: Utforsk hvordan disse grønne rommene reflekterte imperiets territorialer og identiteter.
  • Innvirkning på samfunnet: Lær om hvordan hager ble sett på som terapeutiske miljøer som bidro til sivilisering og sosial integrasjon.

Bidrag til kultur og kunst

A Cultural History Of Gardens In The Age Of Empire er ikke bare en historiebok; det er en feiring av de forskjellige former for hager som en gang blomstret under imperiets innflytelse. Tenk på hagen som et kunstverk – et maleri der hver plante er nøye utvalgt for å fortelle en historie.

Ideal for:

  • Kulturinteresserte som ønsker å forstå hagens rolle i historien.
  • Litteratur- og kunstelskere som søker inspirasjon fra ”green arts”.
  • Studenter og forskere i hagehistorie eller landskapsdesign.

Med sitt rike innhold og grundige forskning, er A Cultural History Of Gardens In The Age Of Empire en verdifull ressurs for alle som ønsker å dykke dypt inn i forbindelsene mellom hager, samfunn og kunst i løpet av en av de mest transformative periodene i historien. Gå ikke glipp av muligheten til å berike din kunnskap og forståelse av denne fascinerende epoken!

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ProduktnavnDümpelmann, Sonja A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire (1350009938)
MerkeOther Brand
TypeBøker
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SjangerKunst
FormatHeftet
SpråkEngelsk
ForfatterDumpelmann, Sonja
ForlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
Utgivelsesdato2016-09
Utgivelsesår2016

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