Theory of Gardens
Author | : Jean-Marie Morel |
Publisher | : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-10 | : 0884024539 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780884024538 |
Rating | : 4/5 (538 Downloads) |
Download or read book Theory of Gardens written by Jean-Marie Morel and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Marie Morel's Théorie des jardins is a fundamental 18th-century text in landscape architecture. A renowned landscape designer and theorist with an engineering background, Morel took account of natural processes that underlie landscape formation and coined the term architecte-paysagiste, the precursor to "landscape architect."