- Marie-Luise Gothein
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Gothein's grave in Heidelberg
Marie-Luise Gothein (1863–1931) was a Prussian scholar, gardener and author. She wrote the monumental History of Garden Art, regarded as a standard work. It was published in German in 1913 and English in 1928. After the deaths of her husband and her sons in the First World War. Gothein travelled east and wrote a book on Indian gardens.
She was quoted as saying "The journey through the history of the garden is to walk through the garden of history. People, nations, generations, we are learning in their intimate, domestic habits, their scientific interests, their living and thinking, its solemnity, its decoration."
History of Garden Art. Volume 1: From Egypt to the Renaissance in Italy, Spain and Portugal. Volume 2: From the Renaissance to the present day in France. Published with the support of the Royal Academy of Construction in Berlin. Diederichs, 1914 ISBN 978-3-424-00935-4
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