Art and gardens

In these proceedings from a conference held in Montreal in 2000, 14 specialists on the nature/culture report use conceptual tools to “cultivate” the theme of the garden. All of the authors stress the importance of gardens to our understanding of the world and contemporary visual culture. Certain authors consider the garden in terms of ecology and the environment, or its pictorial and literary aspects; some present a historical or theoretical perspective; and others consider its critical potential in an urban context. The garden becomes the new paradigm for cultural studies. Most texts in French, four in English. Brief biographical notes. 206 bibl. ref.