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275 Pages·2004·13 MB·English
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by William Taylor| 2004| 275 pages| 13| English

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The Vital Landscape explores the arrival of the biological sciences – most notably the sciences of ‘life’ entailed in studies of botany and zoology, ecology and evolutionary science, physiology and psychology – in the nineteenth century and their impact on architecture and landscape architecture in Great Britain. Specifically, the book explores the idea of the contrived or artificial environment as an object of both scientific speculation and aesthetic reflection. Unlike specialist histories of biological science or environmental thought, this book is unique in locating one source for present-day concerns for the environment and human well-being in debates over proper housing and the growing popularity of domestic and public gardens in the nineteenth century. The book skillfully interweaves architecture and garden history, the history and philosophy of science, plant and animal physiology and human psychology, works of literature, popular science and domestic economy in a story that opens new opportunities for the study of architecture and gardens. Contents: Preface Introduction Primitive huts and wild gardens Vegetables in forcing-houses, humans in glasshouses The vital landscape Elemental existence Patterns on the landscape Characterizing life at home Memory and the garden cemetery Conclusion: our (dys)functional environment Notes Bibliography Index. Author Biography: Dr William M. Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, at the University of Western Australia, Australia.

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Author:William Taylor
Publication Year:2004
ISBN:9780754630692
Pages:275
Language:English
File Size:13
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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