A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Enlightenment (The Cultural Histories Series)

The Enlightenment raised fundamental quetions about what it meant to be human in a truly global world. At the heart of debates about nature, culture and history, the garden offered itself as a practical demonstration, a living experiment, and a site of debate and discourse. The design, planting, experience and representation of contemporary gardens in Europe, China and North America reveal intense contributions to debates on aesthetics, both personal and national politics, and on the shaping of nature.

• | Author: Stephen Bending
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Sep 22, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 135000992X
• | ISBN-13: 9781350009929