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    Girot - 2016 - The Course of LA - 04

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    This document provides a history of landscape design from prehistory to the present day. It examines the roots and origins of landscapes, hydraulic civilizations and their use of water, sacred landscapes in Greece, Roman and barbarian landscapes, medieval monastic landscapes, Renaissance architectural landscapes, Enlightenment rational landscapes that used principles of geometry and reason, Romantic landscapes that incorporated gravity and the exotic, 20th century landscapes influenced by modernism and acceleration, and postmodern landscapes that rediscovered meaning and topology. The document contains 12 chapters that analyze the evolution of landscape design over time with examples from different cultures and eras.

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    This document provides a history of landscape design from prehistory to the present day. It examines the roots and origins of landscapes, hydraulic civilizations and their use of water, sacred landscapes in Greece, Roman and barbarian landscapes, medieval monastic landscapes, Renaissance architectural landscapes, Enlightenment rational landscapes that used principles of geometry and reason, Romantic landscapes that incorporated gravity and the exotic, 20th century landscapes influenced by modernism and acceleration, and postmodern landscapes that rediscovered meaning and topology. The document contains 12 chapters that analyze the evolution of landscape design over time with examples from different cultures and eras.

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    This document provides a history of landscape design from prehistory to the present day. It examines the roots and origins of landscapes, hydraulic civilizations and their use of water, sacred landscapes in Greece, Roman and barbarian landscapes, medieval monastic landscapes, Renaissance architectural landscapes, Enlightenment rational landscapes that used principles of geometry and reason, Romantic landscapes that incorporated gravity and the exotic, 20th century landscapes influenced by modernism and acceleration, and postmodern landscapes that rediscovered meaning and topology. The document contains 12 chapters that analyze the evolution of landscape design over time with examples from different cultures and eras.

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    Girot - 2016 - The Course of LA - 04

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    History of our Designs on the

    ural World, from Prehistory


    the Present

    Christophe Girot
    Contents

    Foreword 6 8. Gravity 200


    Between the Human and the Non-Human The Constant of Nature
    Rousham, England

    Introduction 8
    Imagine Landscape 9. Combustion 232
    Escape into the Exotic
    Pare des Buttes-Chaumont, France
    1. Roots 14
    On the Origins of Landscapes
    England 10. Acceleration 256
    Landscapes of the 20th Century
    Pare de la Villette, France

    2. Hydraulic Civilizations 44
    The Geometry of Water in Landscapes 11. Terrain Vague 282
    m Oasis, Prospect Cottage, E land

    3. From Temenos to Physis 68 12. Topology 304


    Sacred Landscapes in Greece Rediscovering Meaning in the Landscape
    i, Greece Sigirino ound, Ticino, Switzerland

    4. Of Villas and Woods 92 Afterward 334


    Roman and Barbarian Landscapes Towards a Cultural Revolution of Nature
    ria I

    Notes 340
    5. The Rule of Faith 114 Bibliography 346
    nta aria de n Acknowledgments 347
    Sources of Illustrations 348
    Index 349
    6. Gardens of Perspective 144
    Architectural Landscapes in the Renaissance
    la

    7. The Measure of Reason 172


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