Gardening With Silk And Gold
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Gardening With Silk And Gold
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Author : Thomasina Beck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Gardening With Silk And Gold written by Thomasina Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Decoration and ornament categories.
A History Of Women In The Garden
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Author : Dr Twigs Way
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01
A History Of Women In The Garden written by Dr Twigs Way and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with History categories.
From the early misfortunes of Eve, condemning her descendants to a dubious reputation for fruit management, to the acclaimed successes of plant breeders such as the eccentric Ellen Willmott who combined bankruptcy with iris breeding, the fortunes of the female gardener have been as varied as their roles. Telling the tales of the sixteenth-century housewife, who neatly sidestepped accusations of herbal witchcraft while working her plot, and the unconventional Ladies of Llangollen, who eloped together and created their gothic garden and many other women besides, A History of Women in the Garden showcases female horticulturists through the centuries. An enlightening and entertaining read that will allow the reader to gain fresh enthusiasm for even the most menial of garden tasks, and realise that hundreds of women have trod the garden path before.
Shakespeare S Plants And Gardens A Dictionary
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Author : Vivian Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-02-27
Shakespeare S Plants And Gardens A Dictionary written by Vivian Thomas and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
Shakespeare lived when knowledge of plants and their uses was a given, but also at a time of unique interest in plants and gardens.His lifetime saw the beginning of scientific interest in plants, the first large-scale plant introductions from outside the country since Roman times, and the beginning of gardening as a leisure activity. Shakespeare's works show that he engaged with this new world to illuminate so many facets of his plays and poems. This dictionary offers a complete companion to Shakespeare's references to landscape, plants and gardens, including both formal and rural settings.It covers plants and flowers, gardening terms, and the activities that Shakespeare included within both cultivated and uncultivated landscapes as well as encompassing garden imagery in relation to politics, the state and personal lives. Each alphabetical entry offers an definition and overview of the term discussed in its historical context, followed by a guided tour of its use in Shakespeare's works and finally an extensive bibliography, including primary and secondary sources, books and articles.
The Tudor Garden
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Author : Twigs Way
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-06-10
The Tudor Garden written by Twigs Way and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-10 with Gardening categories.
Contrived, colourful and cultured, the Tudor garden was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes and aesthetic effect. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twining plants vying for space with brightly painted woodwork and patterned beds.Renaissance discoveries reared their heads in royal gardens, where gilded and painted heraldic figures mingled with fantastical sundials and glittering fountains. Walls kept out the wild world beyond, while mounts afforded glimpses to new parklands and provided raised platforms for the banqueting houses of the wealthy. Ever-changing with newly introduced exotic plants, yet featuring year-round knot gardens, the Tudor garden was a vibrant pageant, and is given a suitably colourful celebration in this fully illustrated book.
The Medieval And Early Modern Garden In Britain
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Author : Patricia Skinner
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-09
The Medieval And Early Modern Garden In Britain written by Patricia Skinner and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-09 with History categories.
What was a "garden" in medieval and early modern British culture and how was it imagined? How did it change as Europe opened up to the wider world from the 16th century onwards? In a series of fresh approaches to these questions, the contributors offer chapters that identify and discuss newly-discovered pre-modern garden spaces in archaeology and archival sources, recognize a gendered language of the garden in fictional descriptions ("fictional" here being taken to mean any written text, regardless of its purpose), and offer new analysis of the uses to which gardens - real and imagined - might be put. Chapters investigate the definitions, forms and functions of physical gardens; explore how the material space of the garden was gendered as a secluded space for women, and as a place of recreation; examine the centrality of garden imagery in medieval Christian culture; and trace the development of garden motifs in the literary and artistic imagination to convey the sense of enclosure, transformation and release. The book uniquely underlines the current environmental "turn" in the humanities, and increasingly recognizes the value of exploring human interaction with the landscapes of the past as a route to health and well-being in the present.
Armchair Book Of Gardens
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Author : Jane Billinghurst
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2011-04-01
Armchair Book Of Gardens written by Jane Billinghurst and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with Gardening categories.
The Armchair Book of Gardens is a collection of indiviual essays focused on understanding gardens in a different light/perspective. The book concentrates on the emotional, social, spiritual, and politicial aspects of the garden.
Shakespeare S Gardens
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Author : Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
language : en
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Release Date : 2021-06-08
Shakespeare S Gardens written by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and has been published by Frances Lincoln this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Shakespeare's Gardens is a highly illustrated, informative book about the gardens that William Shakespeare knew as a boy and tended as a man, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in April 2016. This anniversary will be the focus of literary celebration of the man's life and work throughout the English speaking world and beyond. The book will focus on the gardens that Shakespeare knew, including the five gardens in Stratford upon Avon in which he gardened and explored. From his birthplace in Henley Street, to his childhood playground at Mary Arden's Farm, to his courting days at Anne Hathaway's Cottage and his final home at New Place - where he created a garden to reflect his fame and wealth. Cared for by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, these gardens are continually evolving to reflect our ongoing knowledge of his life. The book will also explore the plants that Shakespeare knew and wrote about in 17th century England: their use in his work and the meanings that his audiences would have picked up on - including mulberries, roses, daffodils, pansies, herbs and a host of other flowers. More than four centuries after the playwright lived, whenever we think of thyme, violets or roses, we more often than not still remember a quote from the 39 plays and 154 sonnets written by him.
The Young Englishwoman
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
The Young Englishwoman written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with categories.
The Garden
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Garden written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Botany categories.
Global Goods And The Country House
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Author : Jon Stobart
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2023-11-20
Global Goods And The Country House written by Jon Stobart and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-20 with History categories.
Global goods were central to the material culture of eighteenth-century country houses. Across Europe, mahogany furniture, Chinese wallpapers and Indian textiles formed the backdrop to genteel practices of drinking sweetened coffee, tea and chocolate from Chinese porcelain. They tied these houses and their wealthy owners into global systems of supply and the processes of colonialism and empire. Global Goods and the Country House builds on these narratives, and then challenges them by decentring our perspective. It offers a comparative framework that explores the definition, ownership and meaning of global goods outside the usual context of European imperial powers. What were global goods and what did they mean for wealthy landowners in places at the ‘periphery’ of Europe (Sweden and Wallachia), in the British colonies of North America and the Caribbean, or in the extra-colonial context (Japan or Rajasthan)? By addressing these questions, this volume offers fresh insights into the multi-directional flow of goods and cultures that enmeshed the eighteenth-century world. And by placing these goods in their specific material context - from the English country house to the princely palaces of Rajasthan - we gain a better understanding of their use and meaning, and of their role in linking the global and the local.