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A Modern Garden (2832 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.07 2007 on 10:00:18 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at The Museum of Modern Art | In the Fall of 2004, The Museum of Modern Art completed a major expansion and renovation of its famous midtown Manhattan building, doubling the Museums size and introducing dynamic new galleries and public spaces. At the core of the remodeled Museum, designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi, is the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, newly restored to its 1953 dimensions. ...

Kroller-Muller Museum: The History of A Sculpture Garden (817 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.11 2007 on 13:27:32 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The sculpture garden at the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, the Netherlands, rolls on for more than 60 acres. It is not just one of the largest such outdoor art spaces in the world, but one of real cultural and historical significance, showcasing a unique overview of twentieth-century sculpture from Rodin forward. This richly illustrated volume traces the histories of some of the gardens most fascinating pieces, particularly site-specific works, along with the design of the landscape itself an ...

Plant Resins (797 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.04 2007 on 10:24:06 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology, and Ethnobotany | Few people are aware of the great diversity of resin-producing plants or the remarkable roles resins play for plants and people. Resins evolved millions of years ago to defend plants against their enemies, as recorded by fossil resins like amber, and humans have used them since prehistory. Plant Resins tells the whole story about these fascinating plant products. ...

Ancient Herbs (502 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.09 2007 on 11:09:49 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The forty plants in this book present both herbs and other plants that were important for culinary, medicinal, and cult purposes in classical antiquity. Thus olive and pomegranate, myrtle and rose join coriander and marjoram, garlic and thyme. In the introduction, the author draws on her extensive knowledge of ancient practices to paint an intriguing image of the uses of and myths about plants from Greek and particularly Roman kitchen gardens ...

New Garden Design Inspiring Private Paradises (596 readers)

Contributed by amazon 17.07 2008 on 11:23:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

From vegetable and succulent gardens to sculpture and rose gardens to mountain and waterfront gardens , New Garden Design covers a range of interpretations incorporating walls, fountains, pavilions, canals, pools, terraces and groves in unexpected ways. The resulting new garden is a pleasure garden vested with spiritual, symbolic and ecological intent. A modernist interpretation of Roman stone furniture and freestanding walls punctuate the space behind a 1970s ranch house. A home designed by Ber ...

Art and the Gardener (195 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.09 2008 on 09:18:47 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

In Art and the Gardener, Gordon Haywards tenth book on garden design , he makes a radical departure from his earlier approaches in order to explore elements of visual language across two artistic disciplines-fine painting and garden design-in hopes that the remarkable crosscurrents will help reveal how to design or simply appreciate your garden with greater acuity. ...