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- catalog abstract "Garden history is a discipline of contested purposes. Perspectives on Garden Histories contributes to a self-critical examination of this emergent field of study, at the same time offering an overview of its main achievements in several domains - such as Italian and Mughal gardens - and of the new kinds of investigation to which they have led. In its early years garden history centered on architectural studies of garden design, but in the 1960s the emphasis shifted from garden design to garden meaning. The new paradigm considered gardens as complex works of art and demanded an extensive documentation of the historical context as well as of the figurative and discursive sources. This approach, in its turn, was challenged by neo-Marxist scholars who proceeded to view landscape appreciation as an ideological superstructure, an outgrowth of agricultural production processes. Garden designs and their histories can also be viewed as expressions of ideological conflicts in society. Neither gardens nor their history can thus be studied independently of the social, cultural, and political movements that give prominence to the contested ideologies. Gardens can be used to foster some ideologies or reflect a reaction against a social change. Comparative research offers another fascinating approach, exploring the relations between European landscape concepts and other cultural contexts and discussing issues of cultural dominance and interpretation. The emergence of various perspectives has led to the incorporation of further questions into the domain of garden studies, which has been moving in new directions and using new methods in search of an adapted theoretical framework. This volume offers a striking view of changes taking place in the discipline.".
- catalog contributor b11327571.
- catalog contributor b11327572.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Garden history is a discipline of contested purposes. Perspectives on Garden Histories contributes to a self-critical examination of this emergent field of study, at the same time offering an overview of its main achievements in several domains - such as Italian and Mughal gardens - and of the new kinds of investigation to which they have led. In its early years garden history centered on architectural studies of garden design, but in the 1960s the emphasis shifted from garden design to garden meaning. The new paradigm considered gardens as complex works of art and demanded an extensive documentation of the historical context as well as of the figurative and discursive sources. This approach, in its turn, was challenged by neo-Marxist scholars who proceeded to view landscape appreciation as an ideological superstructure, an outgrowth of agricultural production processes. Garden designs and their histories can also be viewed as expressions of ideological conflicts in society. Neither gardens nor their history can thus be studied independently of the social, cultural, and political movements that give prominence to the contested ideologies. Gardens can be used to foster some ideologies or reflect a reaction against a social change. Comparative research offers another fascinating approach, exploring the relations between European landscape concepts and other cultural contexts and discussing issues of cultural dominance and interpretation. The emergence of various perspectives has led to the incorporation of further questions into the domain of garden studies, which has been moving in new directions and using new methods in search of an adapted theoretical framework. This volume offers a striking view of changes taking place in the discipline.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction / Michel Conan -- Prelude: Landscape studies, 1952-1972 / Elisabeth Blair McDougall -- The study of the history of the Italian garden until the First Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium / David R. Coffin -- Recent developments and perspectives in the historiography of Italian gardens / Mirka Beneš -- Approaches (new and old) to garden history / John Dixon Hunt -- History and historiography in the English landscape garden / Michael Leslie -- Mughal gardens: the re-emergence of comparative possibilities and the wavering of practical concern / James L. Wescoat Jr. -- "Leaping the property line": observations on recent American garden history / Kenneth Helphand -- The search for "ecological goodness" among garden historians / Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn -- From vernacular gardens to a social anthropology of gardening / Michel Conan -- Longing and belonging in Chinese garden history / Stanislaus Fung.".
- catalog extent "234 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Perspectives on garden histories.".
- catalog identifier "088402265X (hc)".
- catalog identifier "0884022692 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Perspectives on garden histories.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection,".
- catalog relation "Perspectives on garden histories.".
- catalog subject "712/.09 21".
- catalog subject "Gardens Historiography Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Gardens History Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Landscape architecture Historiography Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Landscape architecture History Congresses.".
- catalog subject "SB451 .P45 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Michel Conan -- Prelude: Landscape studies, 1952-1972 / Elisabeth Blair McDougall -- The study of the history of the Italian garden until the First Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium / David R. Coffin -- Recent developments and perspectives in the historiography of Italian gardens / Mirka Beneš -- Approaches (new and old) to garden history / John Dixon Hunt -- History and historiography in the English landscape garden / Michael Leslie -- Mughal gardens: the re-emergence of comparative possibilities and the wavering of practical concern / James L. Wescoat Jr. -- "Leaping the property line": observations on recent American garden history / Kenneth Helphand -- The search for "ecological goodness" among garden historians / Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn -- From vernacular gardens to a social anthropology of gardening / Michel Conan -- Longing and belonging in Chinese garden history / Stanislaus Fung.".
- catalog title "Perspectives on garden histories / edited by Michel Conan.".
- catalog type "Conference proceedings. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".