Landscape of Man : Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day

by Jellicoe, Geoffrey Alan; Jellicoe, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780500278192
• ISBN10: 0500278199
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-17
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Summary

This volume looks at the landscape of 28 cultures, ranging from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, and shows how the environment is conditioned by the philosophy and religion of each civilization. A selection from Geoffrey Jellicoe's "The Atlanta Historical Garden" is included.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Landscape and Civilization
Origins	p. 10
Western Asia to the Muslim Conquest	p. 22
Islam: Western Asia	p. 32
The Western Expansion of Islam: Spain	p. 40
The Eastern Expansion of Islam: Mughul India	p. 48
Ancient India	p. 58
China	p. 68
Japan	p. 84
Pre-Columbian America	p. 98
Egypt	p. 108
Greece	p. 116
The Roman Empire	p. 128
The Middle Ages in Europe	p. 138
Italy: The Renaissance	p. 154
Italy: Mannerism and Baroque	p. 164
France: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	p. 178
Spain, Germany, England, The Netherlands: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	p. 192
Western Classicism	p. 207
The Chinese School	p. 223
The English School	p. 233
The European Mainland	p. 251
The British Isles	p. 261
United States of America	p. 279
Europe	p. 287
The Americas	p. 307
The Western Hemisphere: The New World	p. 323
The Eastern Hemisphere: The Old World	p. 345
World Trends in Landscape Design	p. 371
Epilogue: Towards the Landscape of Humanism	p. 398
Acknowledgments	p. 400
Select Bibliography	p. 402
Index	p. 405
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.