The Garden as an art
Print Book, English, ©1993
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©1993
works of art
xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780791413777, 9780791413784, 0791413772, 0791413780
25409350
pt. I. What Is a Garden?
Ch. 1. Definitions, Examples, and Paradigms
Ch. 2. The General Unifying Principles Underlying the Construction and Appreciation of Gardens
Ch. 3. Additional Aspects of Spatiality
pt. II. The Garden as a Work of Art
Ch. 4. Gardens and Current Theories of Art
Ch. 5. Preference for Distance and Disinterest
Ch. 6. Environmental Aesthetics and the Effects of Art
Ch. 7. The Signifying Garden: Gardens as Art
pt. III. The Garden as Great Art
Ch. 8. Great Art: Significant Human Content: Theoretical Issues
Ch. 9. Ideas in Art and Language
Ch. 10. The Signifying Garden: Gardens and Language
Ch. 11. Gardens as Great Art: The Presentation of Artistic Ideas
Ch. 12. Conclusions
Based on the author's doctoral dissertation