Landscape of Man : Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present day /
Geoffrey Jellicoe and Susan Jellicoe
- 3rd rev. ed.
- London : Thames & Hudson, 2006.
- 408 p. :ill, maps
Include Bibliographical reference and index.
Introduction: Landscape and Civilization -- 1. Origins -- 2. Western Asia to the Muslim Conquest -- 3. Islam: Western Asia -- 4. The Western Expansion of Islam: Spain -- 5. The Eastern Expansion of Islam: Mughul India -- 6. Ancient India -- 7. China -- 8. Japan -- 9. Pre-Columbian America -- 10. Egypt -- 11. Greece -- 12. The Roman Empire -- 13. The Middle Ages in Europe -- 14. Italy: The Renaissance -- 15. Italy: Mannerism and Baroque -- 16. France: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 17. Spain, Germany, England, The Netherlands: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 18. Western Classicism -- 19. The Chinese School -- 20. The English School -- 21. The European Mainland -- 22. The British Isles -- 23. United States of America -- 24. Europe -- 25. The Americas -- 26. The Western Hemisphere: The New World -- 27. The Eastern Hemisphere: The Old World -- 28. World Trends in Landscape Design -- Epilogue: Towards the Landscape of Humanism
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. Back to results Cover image book Printed resource ALL HOLDING LIBRARIES University of Aberdeen Libraries University of Bath Library Birkbeck, University of London Library University of Birmingham Libraries British Library University of Cambridge Libraries Cardiff University Libraries University of Dundee University of East Anglia Library University of Exeter Library Leeds Beckett University Library London Metropolitan University Library University of Manchester Library National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru Newcastle University Libraries University of Oxford Libraries University of Portsmouth Queen's University Belfast University of Reading Library Robert Gordon University Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew University of Sheffield Library Trinity College Dublin Library UCL Library Services University for the Creative Arts Victoria and Albert Museum libraries University of Warwick Library
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