Sir Roy Strong calls Little Sparta 'the only really original garden made in this country since 1945'. Ian Hamilton Finlay's unique creation in the Pentland Hills south of Edinburgh is a garden composed as an artwork in itself. It incorporates concrete poetry, moral polemic, philosophical reflection and a sparkling sense of humour. While Finlay's works and installations throughout Europe and North America are well documented and justly famous, this is the first book devoted solely to the garden at Little Sparta, which has ...
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Sir Roy Strong calls Little Sparta 'the only really original garden made in this country since 1945'. Ian Hamilton Finlay's unique creation in the Pentland Hills south of Edinburgh is a garden composed as an artwork in itself. It incorporates concrete poetry, moral polemic, philosophical reflection and a sparkling sense of humour. While Finlay's works and installations throughout Europe and North America are well documented and justly famous, this is the first book devoted solely to the garden at Little Sparta, which has been at the heart of his life's work. It offers the reader a sense of the diversity and originality of the garden along with a text that unfolds the layers of meaning it contains.
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Add this copy of Little Sparta: the Garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay to cart. $25.75, good condition, Sold by Dream Books Co. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Denver, CO, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Frances Lincoln.
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Add this copy of Little Sparta the Garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay to cart. $37.40, very good condition, Sold by Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dulverton, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by Frances Lincoln, 2003. 0711220859.
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1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 141, with coloured and b&w illus throughout (no inscriptions).
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Near Fine Plus in Near Fine Plus jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Hard cover in dust jacket., front free endpaper has a light spot from an erasure. no other flaws. clean. no markings. no bumps. tight binding.; 143pp., illustrated throughout with color photos and some earlier images in b/w. documents the artist's garden in scotland.
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