Are gardens works of art? What is involved in creating a garden? How are gardens experienced by those who stroll through them? In "What Gardens Mean, " Stephanie Ross draws on philosophy as well as the histories of art, gardens, culture, and ideas to explore the magical lure of gardens. Paying special attention to the amazing landscape gardens of eighteenth-century England, she situates gardening among the other fine arts, documenting the complex messages gardens can convey and tracing various connections between gardens and the art of painting. "What Gardens Mean" offers a...
Are gardens works of art? What is involved in creating a garden? How are gardens experienced by those who stroll through them? In "What Gardens Me...