Landscape gardening was one of William Beckford's consuming passions. This essays offers a survey not only of the gardens Beckford planned and built, or of the real landscapes he enjoyed while travelling through Europe. The literary gardens Beckford imagined in his fiction are also taken into consideration. Both real and imaginary gardens are related to semantic oppositions, such as unity/variety, high/low and open/closed. Beckford's gardens are powerful metaphors of the continuity between art and life.
I giardini di William Beckford
NIEDDA D
2000-01-01
Abstract
Landscape gardening was one of William Beckford's consuming passions. This essays offers a survey not only of the gardens Beckford planned and built, or of the real landscapes he enjoyed while travelling through Europe. The literary gardens Beckford imagined in his fiction are also taken into consideration. Both real and imaginary gardens are related to semantic oppositions, such as unity/variety, high/low and open/closed. Beckford's gardens are powerful metaphors of the continuity between art and life.File in questo prodotto:
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