Archivio Istituzionale della RicercaThe essay focuses on 17th and 18th-centuries accounts of Chinese gardens written by Jesuit missionaries to China. It discusses the lasting impact of those descriptions on the development of the picturesque garden in England and France during the second half of the 18th century.
The Jesuit Contribution to Oriental Influence on European Gardens / Rinaldi, BIANCA MARIA - In: Proceedings of the XXVII International Horticultural Congress on Global Horticulture: Diversity and Harmony / Jules Janick. - STAMPA. - Leuven : ISHS-International Society of Horticultural Science, 2007. - ISBN 9789066055902. - pp. 153-165
The Jesuit Contribution to Oriental Influence on European Gardens
RINALDI, BIANCA MARIA
2007
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The essay focuses on 17th and 18th-centuries accounts of Chinese gardens written by Jesuit missionaries to China. It discusses the lasting impact of those descriptions on the development of the picturesque garden in England and France during the second half of the 18th century.
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