Theory of Gardens |
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| Author:
| Morel, Jean-Marie |
| Editor:
| Disponzio, Joseph |
| Translator:
| Cooperman, Emily T. |
| Series title: | Ex Horto: Dumbarton Oaks Texts in Garden and Landscape Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88402-453-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2019 |
| Publisher: | Dumbarton Oaks
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| Imprint: | Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.95 |
Book Description:
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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."
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."