Chinese Influence on European Garden Structures (Harvard Landscape Architecture Monographs)

Eleanor von Erdberg, Bremer W. Pond (Editor)

Harvard University Press, 1936

Hardcover. Mylar dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 221 pages, 95 illustrations, plates 26 cm. Contents:I. Styles of Chinoiserie; II. Sources of knowledge of Chinese architecture in the eighteenth century; III. The Anglo-Chinese garden; IV. Designs for garden buildings; V. The garden buildings of the Exotic and of the Grotesque styles; VI. Architectural details of the Exotic and of the Grotesque styles; VII. Evolution of the Imitative style; VIII. Types and details of the Imitative style; Conclusions, Appendix: Annotated list of buildings mentioned in the text.