题 目：On the Necessity of Gardening: An ABC of Art, Botany and Cultivation / 论园艺的必要性：关于艺术、植物与栽培的入门指南

作 者：Laurie Cluitmans

出 版：Valiz，2021

装 帧：平装，240页

语 种：英文

尺 寸：24*32 cm

《论园艺之必要》诠释了花园如何成为丰沛的灵感源泉。数个世纪以来，艺术家、作家、诗人与思想家以各异的手法描绘、刻画并规划花园景观。在中世纪艺术中，花园是天堂的倒影，一方隔绝尘世纷扰的和谐沃土。至十八世纪，这一意象发生嬗变：花园转而成为世俗权柄与政治博弈的象征。人类世正促使我们彻底反思近几十年来赋予自然的定位。本书通过系列论文与详尽的主题词表，引领读者思索花园作为社会隐喻的深刻内涵。

'On the Necessity of Gardening' tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries artists, writers, poets, and thinkers have each described, depicted, and designed the garden in different ways. In medieval art, the garden was a reflection of paradise, a place of harmony and fertility, shielded from worldly problems. In the eighteenth century this image tilted: the garden became a symbol of worldly powers and politics. The Anthropocene is forcing us to radically rethink the role we have given nature in recent decades. Through essays and an extensive abecedarium this book reflects on the garden as a metaphor for society.