Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Monument to Peace
1 . A Paradox of Near and Far: A Train Ran Through His Garden
2 . Environmental Impulses: Performing Painting and Gardening
3 . Motifs and Meanings: Elements and Origins
4 . Decorative Theories and Practices: In the Time of Symbolism
5 . Flowers and Flesh: Color and the Feminine
6 . Philosophical Looking: Seeing with the Body
7 . The Politics of Paradise: Utopians and Malcontents
8 . Reputations and Legacies: Abstraction and the Modern
Conclusion: Man of His Times
Notes
Selected Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index