Garden. Naturalness and artificiality

Is there an approach to the value structure of gardens that is appropriate to their generally ascribed importance, but that does not subsume them under the institutions of the art world? What are the relationships between the natural and the artificial, of which gardens are one of the most prominent examples? For what reasons have gardens been a privileged subject of philosophical reflection and can they be or still be today? And what changes are gardens and gardening currently undergoing? The chapters of this monograph ask such questions and seek answers from the perspective of aesthetics, philosophy, natural sciences, the history of European and world art, literature and horticulture.

Book Details:
Author: Karel Stibral
Year of publication: 0
ISBN: 978-80-736-3431-5
Number of pages: 238