Item Number: 130456 Title: The Imaginary Orient : Exotic Buildings of the 18th and 19th Centuries in Europe Author: Koppelkamm, Stefan Price: Not Available ISBN: 9783936681772 Description: Stuttgart: Axel Menges, 2015. 30cm., hardcover, 192pp., 400 illus. English text. Summary: In the eighteenth century the idea of the landscape garden, which had originated in England, spread all over Europe. The geometry of the Baroque park was abandoned in favour of a "natural" design. At the same time the garden became the "land of illusion": Chinese pagodas, Egyptian tombs and Turkish mosques, along with Gothic stables and Greek and Roman temples, formed a miniature world in which distance mingled with the past. In the eighteenth century the idea of the landscape garden, which had originated in England, spread all over Europe. The geometry of the Baroque park was abandoned in favour of a "natural" design. At the same time the garden became the "land of illusion": Chinese pagodas, Egyptian tombs and Turkish mosques, along with Gothic stables and Greek and Roman temples, formed a miniature world in which distance mingled with the past. In the eighteenth century the idea of the landscape garden, which had originated in England, spread all over Europe. The geometry of the Baroque park was abandoned in favour of a "natural" design. At the same time the garden became the "land of illusion": Chinese pagodas, Egyptian tombs and Turkish mosques, along with Gothic stables and Greek and Roman temples, formed a miniature world in which distance mingled with the past. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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