A History of Groves

ISBN-13: 9781138674806 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str.

Jan Woudstra; Colin Roth

Opis

Groves are both literal and metaphorical manifestations, ways of defining spaces and ecologies in our cultural life. Since they can add meaning to urban forms and ecologies and contribute meaningfully to the significance of place, critical examination is long overdue

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The sacred places of the immortal ones: Ancient Greek and Roman sacred groves  2.Seeing the Wood for the Trees: The long-term aesthetics of woodland in England  3.The sacredness of groves  4.The history and development of groves in English formal gardens (1600-1750)  5.Colourful groves: The origins of the woodland garden  6.Groves as metaphor for the fragmented redwood forests of California  7.Sacred groves in African contexts (Benin, Cameroon): Insights from history and anthropology  8.Groves in Chinese gardens and beyond them  9.Korean village groves  10.The shrine groves of modern Japan  11.Nature mystification and the example of the ‘Heroes’ Groves’ in early twentieth century Germany  12.Dan Kiley: Groves, space and complexity