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Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 9
Step I: Choose Your Style 17
Romanticism 18
Classical Axial Design 22
Impressionism 26
Cubism 30
Minimalism 34
Abstract Expressionism 38
Pattern and Decoration 42
Contemporary 46
Step II: The Relationship between House and Garden 53
Garden as the Setting for the House 54
Arriving at the Front Door 56
View from the Front Door 58
Views from Windows out into the Garden 60
A Terrace Relates Inside to Outside 62
Sitting in the Garden 64
Step III: Overall Composition 69
The Process 69
The Parts of a Whole Painting, a Whole Garden 73
Ten Methods of Composition for the Lansdscape Painter and Garden Designer 81
Step IV: Design Principles 91
Straight Paths 92
The Tunnel 94
Curving Paths 96
Related Curves 98
Light: Dappled Shade 100
Focal Points 102
Man-Made Structures Contrasting with Plants 104
The Outlook 106
Contrasting Textures and Colors 108
Creating Entrances, Transitions, and Edges 110
Step V: Roles Trees Play in the Garden 113
Vertical Trees in a Horizontal Landscape 114
Creating Intimacy 118
Trees in Winter 120
The Orchard and Allee: Lines of Trees as Structural Elements 122
Low-Pruned Trees Compress Views under Them 124
Positive and Negative Space 126
Step VI: Color Harmony or Contrast 129
The Gardener's Color Wheel 130
Color Schemes for the Garden 133
The Vocabulary of Color 133
The Power of White 133
Green: Keeper of the Peace 134
Grays and Gray Greens 134
Contrasting Colors in the Garden 134
Harmonious Colors in the Garden 135
Color Combinations 136
Step VII: Bringing It All Together: Claude Monet's Life,Garden, and Art 151
Floral Arrangements: Art in Bloom 159
Appendixes 162
Index 169
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John Mcdonnell
reviewed Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design on January 25, 2009
Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design
Unlike another book which suggests planning a garden's color scheme based on the color scheme of a favorite painting, this book suggests planning a garden based on the composition of a painting, as well as the color. Clear examples are given.
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Add Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design, The study of art is the most important study a garden designer can pursue. -Marco Polo Stufano, garden designer and curator In Art and the Gardener, Gordon Hayward's tenth book on garden design, he makes a radical departure from his earlier approache, Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design, The study of art is the most important study a garden designer can pursue. -Marco Polo Stufano, garden designer and curator In Art and the Gardener, Gordon Hayward's tenth book on garden design, he makes a radical departure from his earlier approache, Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design to your collection on WonderClub |
