{"product_id":"garden-and-metaphor-essays-on-the-essence-of-the-garden-hardcover","title":"Garden and Metaphor: Essays on the Essence of the Garden - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAna Kučan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMateja Kurir\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever before had the garden to fulfil so many demands as \u003cbr\u003eit does today. It is a refuge from digitalised life and acts as a bridge\u003cbr\u003e to nature. As a man-made place where plants grow, it is cultivated and \u003cbr\u003euntamable at the same time. While for centuries the gardener's ambition \u003cbr\u003ewas to control and subjugate nature, today it serves more as a place for\u003cbr\u003e retreat, a possible surrogate for wilderness, a habitat for animals or \u003cbr\u003eit fulfils the dream of self-sufficiency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this book, \u003cbr\u003elandscape architects, sociologists, architects, artists, philosophers \u003cbr\u003eand historians illuminate different aspects of the garden in the \u003cbr\u003eAnthropocene in six chapters: the garden as a place of community, garden\u003cbr\u003e as art, garden as a place of enchantment and rapture, opening up \u003cbr\u003equestions of what garden as a model could stand for. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe importance of the garden for our present and in the future \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eInternationally renowned authors \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA beautifully designed, attractive volume with photography by Anne Schwalbe \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dr. Ana Kucan, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Ljubljana \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Dr Mateja Kurir, Philosopher, Researcher, Editor, Ljubljana \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.61 x 7.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765365539104,"sku":"9783035626551","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/380e310d6bff4a37fc119e8cbeb9c15b.webp?v=1780267298","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/garden-and-metaphor-essays-on-the-essence-of-the-garden-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}