Der Garten - Hatje Cantz

A three-quarter view of a light blue paperback book titled Der Garten by Hans von Trotha against a white background. The cover features a dark teal, woodcut-style illustration of a landscape with figures in historical clothing. The title is written in a large, bold orange font.

The back cover of a book, seen straight-on against a white background. The cover is light blue with two columns of German text. The background features a dark blue, historical-style illustration of people in period clothing strolling through a formal garden with towering, manicured hedges. A barcode and ISBN are visible in the lower left corner.

An open art book on a white surface displays two pages with paintings about springtime gardening. The left page shows a man holding a potted tree. The right page shows a larger, detailed scene of many people working in a formal garden in front of a village. Both pages include descriptive text in German.

An open art book with a green cover, displaying a two-page spread with German text and historical illustrations. The left page shows a fantastical figure of a gardener composed of plants and tools, titled Habit de Jardinier. The right page shows two antique grafting knives on a stone ledge in front of potted trees.

An open book with a textured green spine shows a two-page spread with historical art and German text. The left page has an illustration of the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, with Adam, Eve, and an angel. The right page features a painting of a woman in a red hat standing amidst an array of flowers and people in a garden setting.

A block of German text in a black serif font, right-aligned on a stark white background. The heading at the top reads Einleitung.

A page layout contrasting two artistic works about Paradise. On the left is Lucas Cranach the Elder's 1531 painting showing Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with the serpent and various animals. On the right is the title page and opening lines of John Milton's 1665 epic poem Paradise Lost. Both images are accompanied by paragraphs of German text below them.

A book spread showing two pages from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The left page, for March, depicts peasants plowing a field and tending a vineyard below a castle. The right page, for April, shows elegantly dressed nobles in a garden celebrating an engagement. Both illustrations are set beneath a blue, arched sky chart showing zodiac signs and a sun chariot. German text accompanies each image.

A book page displaying two famous medieval unicorn tapestries. On the left, a white unicorn sits inside a circular fence under a tree against a dark, floral millefleurs background. On the right, a lady sits with a unicorn in her lap, flanked by a lion holding a banner, against a red millefleurs background. German text is visible below each image.

A high-resolution image of Hieronymus Bosch's triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights, laid out on a page with German text. The left panel depicts the Garden of Eden. The large, chaotic central panel shows a surreal landscape of nude figures, giant birds, and fruit. The right panel is a dark, fiery, and nightmarish vision of Hell filled with demons and scenes of torture.

A two-page book spread with German text and two historical, colored botanical illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian. The left page shows a detailed drawing of yellow and white daffodils with a moth and a caterpillar. The right page features a large, ripe pineapple with its green crown, surrounded by butterflies and other insects.

A book page with two historical illustrations of French formal gardens, accompanied by German text. On the left, a 1661 engraving shows a panoramic view of the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye with its extensive, terraced gardens. On the right is a smaller, top-down 1652 plan of the Tuileries Garden, detailing its geometric layout with parterres and basins.

A spread from a publication with three numbered artworks and German text. On the left, a large Baroque painting shows the Amphitheater in the Bosquet of Versailles, with a grand fountain and mythological figures. On the right are two smaller images: a costume design for King Louis XIV as the Sun King, and a portrait of composer Jean-Philippe Rameau writing music in a garden.

A 1720 colored engraving by Johann Baptist Homann depicting the elaborate Baroque gardens of Schlosspark Hildburghausen. The illustration is composed of twelve smaller, detailed views arranged in a grid above a large panoramic, bird's-eye view of the entire garden complex. The scenes show intricate hedge mazes, formal parterres, fountains, canals, an open-air theater, and people in period attire strolling through the grounds.

A page from an art book displaying two French Rococo paintings with German text. On the left is Fragonard's The Swing, showing a woman in a pink dress on a swing in a lush garden. On the right is Boucher's The Secret Message, depicting a woman sitting in a garden reading a letter delivered by a dove.

An open art book displays two classical landscape scenes side-by-side with German text. On the left is a monochromatic ink drawing by Claude Lorrain, showing a bridge over a river gorge with a round temple on a cliff. On the right is a vibrant oil painting by Hubert Robert, depicting a lush river scene with people on the bank and a similar round temple on a grassy hill.

A two-page book spread contrasting two historical paintings of greenhouses. The left image shows a practical English forcing garden with several glasshouses in a snowy winter landscape from 1805. The right image depicts the lush, ornate, and sunlit interior of a German palm house from 1832, filled with large tropical plants and people lounging among them.

An oil painting by Christian Friedrich Gille, titled Garten, from around 1835. The work is a high-angle landscape view of a vast, lush garden filled with green trees, shrubs, and formal paths. A house with a prominent red roof sits in the middle ground. The hazy, sunlit atmosphere and overgrown foliage create a romantic, rural scene, with a few small figures relaxing on a distant lawn to the right.

An open art history book with German text, featuring two paintings side-by-side. The left image is a romantic landscape by Joseph Anton Koch, showing a lush Renaissance garden with figures, and the Santa Maria Maggiore church in the background. The right image is John William Waterhouse's Pre-Raphaelite painting, A Tale from the Decameron, showing a man telling a story to a group of seated women in a garden.

Der Garten

Seine Geschichte in 333 Bildern

€ 44.00

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Author: Hans von Trotha

November 2024, 384 Pages, 350 colored photos

Paperback with Flaps

224mm x 231mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5831-4

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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Gardens make us happy. Renowned author and historian Hans von Trotha knows why: they are the only art form that appeals to all the senses. The garden is the format in which humanity's relationship with nature is represented and realized. It forms a microcosm that reflects the state of human society. In this attractive illustrated book, von Trotha shows what gardens can tell us and how they do this: by combining all other art forms - from painting and sculpture to architecture and design, literature, music, technology, cookery, and, of course, biology and botany. The author describes the garden as an all-encompassing medium, a magnificent synthesis of the arts that creates truly virtual realities. He uses a wealth of historical images to illustrate how the garden took shape, how it was perceived, and how important it was and still is in society today.