Hunt, John Dixon. <br/><br/>
A world of gardens / 
John Dixon Hunt. 
 - London :  Reaktion Books,  2012. 
 - 368 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.) ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the garden world and the world of gardens -- Sacred landscapes from Delphi to Yosemite -- Hunting parks to amusement parks -- Ancient Roman gardens and their types -- Islamic and Mughal gardens -- Western medieval gardens : from cloister to suburban backyard -- The Renaissance recovery of antique garden forms and usages -- The Paragone of art and nature in the Renaissance and later -- The botanical garden, the arboretum and the cabinet of curiosities -- Garden as theatre -- The garden of 'betweenity' : between André Le Nôtre and William Kent -- Leaping the ha-ha; or, how the larger landscape invaded the garden -- The role of the 'natural' garden from 'Capability' Brown to Dan Kiley -- The Chinese garden and the collaboration of the arts -- Follies, fabriques and picturesque play -- The invention of the public park -- National parks and international exhibition gardens -- Japanese gardens and their legacy to the West -- Arts and crafts gardens : the artist back in the garden -- The prose and poetry of modern landscape architecture -- The once and future garden. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781861898807 1861898800 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012451562 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gardens--History.<br/>Gardens--Design--History.<br/>Landscape architecture--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>712.09