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The Wildest Place on Earth: Italian Gardens and the Invention of Wilderness

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This is the ironic story of how Italian Renaissance and Baroque gardens encouraged the preservation of the American wilderness and ultimately fostered the creation of the world’s first national park system. Told via Mitchell’s sometimes disastrous and humorous travels—from the gardens of southern Italy up through Tuscany and the lake island gardens—the book is filled with history, folklore, myths, and legends of Western Europe, including a detailed history of the labyrinth, a common element in Renaissance gardens. In his attempt to understand the Italian garden in detail, Mitchell set out to create one on his own property—with a labyrinth.
Request Code : ZLIBIO1530128
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Year:
2015
Publisher:
UPNE
Language:
English
Pages:
216
ISBN 10:
1611687209
ISBN 13:
9781611687200
ISBN:
1611687209,9781611687200

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