Landscape of Man : Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day
by Jellicoe, Geoffrey; Jellicoe, SusanEdition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-04-17
Publisher(s): Thames & Hudson
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Summary
This volume looks at the landscape of 28 cultures, ranging from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, and shows how the environment is conditioned by the philosophy and religion of each civilization. A selection from Geoffrey Jellicoe's "The Atlanta Historical Garden" is included.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Landscape and Civilization | |
| Origins | p. 10 |
| Western Asia to the Muslim Conquest | p. 22 |
| Islam: Western Asia | p. 32 |
| The Western Expansion of Islam: Spain | p. 40 |
| The Eastern Expansion of Islam: Mughul India | p. 48 |
| Ancient India | p. 58 |
| China | p. 68 |
| Japan | p. 84 |
| Pre-Columbian America | p. 98 |
| Egypt | p. 108 |
| Greece | p. 116 |
| The Roman Empire | p. 128 |
| The Middle Ages in Europe | p. 138 |
| Italy: The Renaissance | p. 154 |
| Italy: Mannerism and Baroque | p. 164 |
| France: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | p. 178 |
| Spain, Germany, England, The Netherlands: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | p. 192 |
| Western Classicism | p. 207 |
| The Chinese School | p. 223 |
| The English School | p. 233 |
| The European Mainland | p. 251 |
| The British Isles | p. 261 |
| United States of America | p. 279 |
| Europe | p. 287 |
| The Americas | p. 307 |
| The Western Hemisphere: The New World | p. 323 |
| The Eastern Hemisphere: The Old World | p. 345 |
| World Trends in Landscape Design | p. 371 |
| Epilogue: Towards the Landscape of Humanism | p. 398 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 400 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 402 |
| Index | p. 405 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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