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The Imaginary Orient: Exotic Buildings of the 18th and 19th Centuries in Europe
S Koppelkamm
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 280 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 255 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1358.
In the 18th century the idea of the landscape garden, which had originated in England, spread all over Europe. The geometry of the Baroque park was abandoned in favour of a 'natural' design. At the same time the garden became "The land of illusion": Chinese pagodas, Egyptian tombs, and Turkish mosques, along with Gothic stables and Greek and Roman temples, formed a miniature world in which distance mingled with the past. The keen interest in a fairy-tale China, which was manifested not only in the gardens but also in the chinoiseries of the Rococo, abated in the 19th century. The ... Read more
In the 18th century the idea of the landscape garden, which had originated in England, spread all over Europe. The geometry of the Baroque park was abandoned in favour of a 'natural' design. At the same time the garden became "The land of illusion": Chinese pagodas, Egyptian tombs, and Turkish mosques, along with Gothic stables and Greek and Roman temples, formed a miniature world in which distance mingled with the past. The keen interest in a fairy-tale China, which was manifested not only in the gardens but also in the chinoiseries of the Rococo, abated in the 19th century. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783936681772
SKU
V9783936681772
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About S Koppelkamm
Stefan Koppelkamm studied at the Gesamthochschule in Kassel, and after a longer stay in the USA he now lives in Berlin and teaches communication design at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee. Since the publication of his book Gewächshäuser und Wintergärten im 19. Jahrhundert (Stuttgart, 1981), he has repeatedly engaged with historic and current aspects of architecture.
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