Girot, Christophe,  1957- <br/><br/>
The course of landscape architecture :  a history of our designs on the natural world, from prehistory to the present / 
Christophe Girot. 
 - 352 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ;  31 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-347) and index. 
<br/><br/> Between the human and the non-human --  Imagine landscape --  Roots: on the origins of landscapes :  Avebury, England ;  Bagh-i Fin, Iran --  Hydraulic civilizations: the geometry of water in landscapes :  Faiyum Oasis, Egypt --  From Temenos to Physis : sacred landscapes in Greece :  Delphi, Greece --  Of villas and woods: Roman and Barbarian landscapes :  Hadrian's Villa, Italy --  Rule of faith :  Santa Maria de Poblet, Spain --  Gardens of perspective: architectural landscapes in the Renaissance :  Villa Lante, Italy --  Measure of reason :  Vaux-le-Vicomte, France --  Gravity: constant of nature :  Rousham, England --  Combustion: escape into the exotic :  Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, France --  Acceleration: landscapes of the 20th Century : Parc de la Villette, France --  Terrain vague :  Prospect Cottage, England --  Topology: rediscovering meaning in the landscape :  Sigirino Mound, Ticino, Switzerland --  Toward a cultural revolution of nature.  Foreword :  Introduction :  Afterword : 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780500342978 0500342970 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014930117 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB528564  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Landscape architecture--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>SB472  / .G57 2016