New The Elegant Garden Architecture and Landscape of the World's Finest Gardens

The Elegant Garden: Architecture and Landscape of the World's Finest Gardensby Johann Kreaftner Hardcover 432 pages Published November 13, 2012 by Rizzoli Approx. 10” x 12” New in plastic wrap The first major illustrated monograph in many years on the history of gardens, landscape design, and architecture, focusing on both the Western and Eastern traditions and their influences. Ambitious in scope and lavishly illustrated, this book surveys every period in garden design and landscape architecture, from classical antiquity and the medieval cloisters to the latest trends in modern design.