Gardening History (Second Edition)

Author: Youyong
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: To meet the teaching needs of the "History of Landscape Architecture" course for higher vocational normal education and general agricultural and forestry colleges, the Agricultural Technology Higher Normal Education Work Committee commissioned Professor Youyong of Hebei Vocational and Technical Normal University to write the "Outline for Writing" of the textbook "History of Landscape Architecture." He organized teachers from nine other vocational and technical higher normal education institutions and higher agricultural and forestry colleges to participate in the writing. The Agricultural Technology Higher Normal Education Textbook Construction Guidance Committee reviewed and approved the outline and manuscript, considering that it had innovative content and system construction:
1. Clear hierarchy: Each chapter on Chinese classical gardens consists of three parts: a brief history, classic gardens, and garden characteristics.
2. Emphasis on key points: Among countless domestic and international garden masterpieces, this book focuses on their representative works—classic gardens, highlighting domestic classical gardens while providing an overview of foreign classical gardens.
3. Concise language: Faced with the rich diversity of domestic and international gardens, the entire book is written in over 400,000 words.
4. Comprehensive content: The textbook not only includes the history of Chinese gardens but also provides an overview of foreign garden history, as well as summaries of modern and contemporary gardens in both China and abroad, along with global landscape architecture trends.
5. Rich visuals: Over 40 color illustrations and more than 180 black-and-white images are interspersed throughout the text. Additionally, difficult characters are annotated with Pinyin, and difficult terms are explained.
This textbook is distinctive and an invaluable specialized resource in the field of landscape architecture history. It is not only suitable for undergraduate landscape architecture education in vocational and technical higher normal education institutions but also for general higher agricultural and forestry colleges, tourism undergraduate programs, and other related disciplines. It also holds reference value for landscape designers and enthusiasts.