The English Landscape Garden

Author : Michael Symes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 184802357X

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The English Landscape Garden in Europe by Michael Symes Pdf

This book provides an overview of the extent to which the 18th-century English Landscape Garden spread through Europe and Russia. While this type of garden acted widely as an inspiration, it was not slavishly copied but adapted to local conditions, circumstances and agendas. A garden 'in the English style' is commonly used to denote a landscape garden in Europe, while the term 'landscape garden' is used for layouts that are naturalistic in plan and resemble natural scenery, though they might be highly contrived and usually large in scale. The landscape garden took hold in mainland Europe from about 1760. Due to the differing geopolitical character of several of the countries, and a distinct division between Catholic and Protestant, the notion of the landscape garden held different significance and was interpreted and applied variously in those countries: in other words, they found it a very flexible medium. Each country is considered individually, with a special chapter devoted to 'Le Jardin Anglo-Chinois', since that constitutes a major issue of its own. The gardens have been chosen to illustrate the range and variety of applications of the landscape garden, though they are also those about which most is known in English.

Author : Michael Symes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1848023774

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The English Landscape Garden by Michael Symes Pdf

The eighteenth-century phenomenon of the English landscape garden was so widespread that even today, when so much has been built over or otherwise changed, examples remain throughout England. Although seemingly natural, the English landscape was generally the result of considerable effort, contrivance, and design skill, the glorious outcome of "the art that conceals art." Taking many forms, the landscape garden might involve digging lakes, raising or leveling hills, or planting vast numbers of trees--whatever was required to show nature to best advantage. Richly illustrated throughout, this book uncovers the complex, multi-layered, and wide-ranging story of the landscape garden in England.

Author : Laura Mayer
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0747810494

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Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden by Laura Mayer Pdf

The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Rising to the position of Master Gardener to George III, his trademark features included bald lawns, clumped trees, undulating lakes and enclosing belts of woodland on the estate's perimeter. With this standard park formula Brown and his followers held the commercial monopoly on garden design well into the following century, resisting the more rugged topography advocated by Richard Payne Knight's new generation of Romantics.

Author : John Phibbs
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780847863549

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Humphry Repton by John Phibbs Pdf

A definitive survey of the glorious British landscapes designed by Humphry Repton, whose influence is felt everywhere from the rolling meadows and kitchen gardens of English estates to New York City’s Central Park. Widely acknowledged as the last great landscape designer of the eighteenth century, Humphry Repton created work that survives as a bridge between the picturesque theory of Capability Brown and the pastoral philosophy of Frederick Law Olmsted. By turns inspired by and in opposition to the grandeur of Brown’s estates, Repton’s contribution to the British landscape encompassed a tremendous range, from subtle adjustments that emphasized the natural features of the countryside to deliberate interventions that challenged the notion of the picturesque. This remarkable book explores 15 of Repton’s most celebrated landscapes—from the early maturity of his gardens at Courteenhall and Mulgrave Castle to more adventurous landscapes at Stanage, Brightling, and Endsleigh that would point the way toward how we envision parkland today. With photography by Joe Cornish commissioned specially for the book, and including reproductions of key illustrations and plans for garden design from the famous red books that shed light on Repton’s vision and process, this book illuminates some of Britain’s most beautiful gardens and parks—and the masterful mind behind their creation.

Author : Tim Richardson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781446436530

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The Arcadian Friends by Tim Richardson Pdf

Between 1715 and 1750, a group of politicans and poets, farmers and businessmen, heiresses and landowners began to experiment with the phenomenon that was to become the English landscape garden. Arguably the greatest British art form ever invented, these gardens were built to charm and delight, to shock and inspire all who visited. That these gardens - including Castle Howard, Stowe, Painshill and Rousham - are still so popular with visitors today is a testament to the innovation and passion of this extraordinary group of eccentrics and visionaries. The Arcadian Friends takes a highly engaging perspective on the politics and culture of England during the Enlightenment. At the same time it will be required reading for the legions of fans of the great gardens of England. Tim Richardson introduces us to a period of poltical and personal intrigue, where fantastic biblical landscapes competed for space with temples to sexual freedom; and where the installation of a water feature was a political act. The Arcadian Friends tells the story of a collection of fascinating characters whose influence changed the landscape of Britain for ever.

Author : Andrew Jackson Downing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Landscape gardening
ISBN : UOM:39015007204749

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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America by Andrew Jackson Downing Pdf

Author : H. F. Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Gardening
ISBN : MINN:319510000102099

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The English Landscape Garden by H. F. Clark Pdf

Author : John Dixon Hunt,Peter Willis
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1988-09-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0262580926

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The Genius of the Place by John Dixon Hunt,Peter Willis Pdf

A garden classic, The Genius of the Place reveals that the history of landscape gardening is much more than a history of design and style; it opens up a wide perspective of English cultural history, showing how landscape gardening was gradually transformed over two centuries into an art that has been widely imitated throughout Europe and North America. The English landscape garden is richly documented in this anthology. Over 100 illustrations accompany writings that range from Francis Bacon to Jane Austin; from the early 1600s, when Englishmen began to determine their own concept and form of the garden, through the first half of the eighteenth century when its distinctive feature emerged, to the heyday of the landscape garden under "Capability" Brown and the reactions to his pure formalism under Repton and Loudon in the 1800s. This edition contains a new introduction and bibliography covering the many developments in garden history during the last dozen years.

Author : Miles Hadfield
Publisher : Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UVA:X001560796

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The English Landscape Garden by Miles Hadfield Pdf

Author : Thomas Whately
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1770
Category : Gardening
ISBN : NYPL:33433066630199

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Observations on Modern Gardening by Thomas Whately Pdf

Author : Hans von Trotha
Publisher : Haus Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-11-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1914982096

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The English Garden by Hans von Trotha Pdf

An introduction to the history of landscape gardening in Britain in the 18th century. Garden design in England was entirely reinvented during the eighteenth century. The strictly symmetrical gardens of the French Baroque were replaced by artificial landscapes that soon became almost indistinguishable from natural scenery. This ideal image of nature conceived by eighteenth-century English landscape gardeners still governs our notion of what constitutes a beautiful landscape today. The English Garden is a journey through the history of the English garden by introducing twelve of the most important, original, and beautiful private parklands in Britain, all of which can be visited today. On the way, readers learn how the new landscape garden was born out of a spirit of political opposition during the period.

Author : Kathryn Bradley-Hole
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780847865796

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English Gardens by Kathryn Bradley-Hole Pdf

This is the definitive and most authoritative book ever published on the glories of English gardening--historically and horticulturally, a tour de force. An unprecedented in-depth look at the English garden by one of Britain's foremost garden writers and authorities, this book showcases the enduring appeal of the English garden whose verdant lawns and borders of colorful plants are the inspiration for garden lovers worldwide. Kathryn Bradley-Hole--the longtime garden columnist for Country Life--takes a fresh look at more than seventy gardens from across England and distills the essence of what makes the English garden style so sought after. Seasonal photographs capture the gardens--some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some rarely photographed--at their finest moments, accompanied by sparkling, insightful text. Featuring photographs from the unparalleled archives of Country Life, the full story of the English garden is here, from medieval monastery gardens to the Victorians and the Arts and Crafts movement to the twenty-first century. Designs by many of the horticultural world's greats are amply featured, including Gertrude Jekyll, Capability Brown, Piet Oudolf, and Arne Maynard, as well as gardens famous the world over--Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and Great Dixter--alongside new and less-well-known ones, many open to the public.

Author : David Jarrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Gardens
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031421089

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The English Landscape Garden by David Jarrett Pdf

Author : Mavis Batey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015038600766

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Jane Austen and the English Landscape by Mavis Batey Pdf

Jane Austen was deeply inspired by the landscape and rural comforts of southern England. Her family's final move to Chawton, in the depths of the Hampshire countryside and so near the Steventon rectory of her childhood, gave her great satisfaction and led to her most creative period.

Author : Mark Laird
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300196369

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A Natural History of English Gardening, 1650-1800 by Mark Laird Pdf

"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press."