Greater Perfections
The Practice of Garden Theory
John Dixon Hunt
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| ‘Of great significance to garden designers, garden historians and also to social historians. Only occasionally does one have the pleasure of experiencing a truly new publication in the subject area covered by this book, but here this is certainly the case’ | | – Reference Reviews |
| 'A groundbreaking book that positively bristles with ideas and insights' | | – The Architects' Journal |
Gardening is usually thought of as a practical activity, but John Dixon Hunt’s book explores the conceptual basis of garden art. Taking a broad view of gardens as landscape architecture, Greater Perfections explores the meaning of ‘garden’ and its relationship to other interventions into the natural world. Above all, it offers a new and challenging account of the role of representation in garden art itself.
Though his book draws upon many different historical traditions and archival materials (including a rich array of visual illustrations), Hunt undertakes one main historical excursus: into the late 17th century and the figure of John Evelyn. Greater Perfections proposes a wholly fresh basis for the understanding of that most vital and persistent human activity: the making of gardens. |
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