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9781841880938

Gardens of Obsession : Eccentric and Extravagant Visions

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  • ISBN13:

    9781841880938

  • ISBN10:

    1841880930

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-03-01
  • Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Summary

"A fertility sculpture garden in Bangkok and a topiary cemetery in Ecuador are just two of the astonishing stops on this garden-world romp."--"Conde Nast Garden. ..".infectiously enthuses about gardens on the cutting edge: the audacious, the radical, and the astonishing....Cooper and Taylor take us on a wild and satisfying ride..."--"Garden Design Magazine. ..".an eye-popping worldwide survey of garden statuary, from surreal to monumental to cheerfully obscene."--"Chicago Tribune.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8(2)
Topiary and Grafted Trees
10(32)
Garden and `Green' Architecture
42(20)
Obsessed By Flowers
62(10)
Rare Plants and Giant Vegetables
72(12)
Sculpture
84(32)
Surrealism in the Garden
116(22)
Artists' Gardens
138(16)
The Art of the Self-Taught
154(18)
Formal Gardens
172(14)
Bibliography 186(2)
Index 188

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