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Mirrors of Paradise: The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho

Door Guy Cooper e.a.

Categorie
Tuin & Tuinieren
Boeknummer
#335923-WB5
Titel
Mirrors of Paradise: The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho
Auteur
Cooper, Guy & Gordon Taylor & Dan Kiley
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York, NY : The Monacelli Press
Jaar van uitgave
2000
ISBN10
1580930719
ISBN13
9781580930710
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blind stamped green boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, oblong, circa 25x30cm.
Samenvatting

Now back in stock, this highly sought after monograph represents the gardens and landscapes of the Spanish designer Fernando Caruncho. Renowned internationally for serene compositions based on timeless principles of natural forms and geometry, Caruncho has recently completed two landscapes in the United States, one in the rolling farmland of New Jersey and the other in Florida. Caruncho draws inspiration from a wide spectrum of precedents-the garden-academies of ancient Greek philosophers as well as important historic gardens in Spain, Italy, France, and Japan; in Mirrors of Paradise, Caruncho discusses his design philosophy and influences in a substantial interview with the authors. Caruncho's gardens range from small urban spaces to grand country estates, and his design trademarks incl... (Lees verder)ude geometric grids, rolling waves of the shrub escallonia, refined and playful pavilions and gazebos, calm reflecting pools, and vistas that capitalize on the contrasts inherent in his plant palette. In their inventive and evocative fusion of the historic and contemporary, Caruncho's garden designs are masterful compositions that exemplify the formal garden for the new millennium.
Pagina's
171
Conditie
Goed — Slightly foxed; slightly foxed on verso dust jacket.
Prijs
€ 25,00

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