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Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden (Shire Library
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- Title
- Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden (Shire Library
- ISBN
- 9780747810490
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
0747810494
ISBN-13
9780747810490
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99340024
Product Key Features
Original Language
English
Book Title
Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Landscape, Europe / Great Britain / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Garden Design, History / Baroque & Rococo
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture, Biography & Autobiography, Gardening, History
Book Series
Shire Library
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
5.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"With its many reproductions of line engravings and color photographs, this work is equivalent to many larger printed tomes on English garden history. Capability Brown (1716-83) took the English landscape and turned it into his ideal: large lawns, ponds, and forests in the distance. Nature was simplified in his hands. He changed the course of British estate landscaping and had enormous influence in the United States and elsewhere. Take this little book on your next British trip." -- Adele Kleine, Library volunteer and garden writer, Chicago Botanic Garden, "With its many reproductions of line engravings and color photographs, this work is equivalent to many larger printed tomes on English garden history. Capability Brown (1716-83) took the English landscape and turned it into his ideal: large lawns, ponds, and forests in the distance. Nature was simplified in his hands. He changed the course of British estate landscaping and had enormous influence in the United States and elsewhere. Take this little book on your next British trip." -Adele Kleine, Library volunteer and garden writer, Chicago Botanic Garden., "With its many reproductions of line engravings and color photographs, this work is equivalent to many larger printed tomes on English garden history. Capability Brown (171683) took the English landscape and turned it into his ideal: large lawns, ponds, and forests in the distance. Nature was simplified in his hands. He changed the course of British estate landscaping and had enormous influence in the United States and elsewhere. Take this little book on your next British trip." -Adele Kleine, Library volunteer and garden writer, Chicago Botanic Garden.
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
646
Dewey Decimal
712.092
Table Of Content
Introduction Informal Beginnings The Classical Arcadias of William Kent Rococo gardens Capability Brown and the Landscape Park A Picturesque Controversy Epilogue Further Reading Visiting the Landscapes Index
Synopsis
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., 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, 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., 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., An illustrated history of the English landscape garden with Capability Brown at its centre. The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-83) has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden. 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, lakes and enclosing belts of woodland on the estate's perimeter, setting a park formula that lasted well into the next century. Laura Mayer presents a concise and colourful introduction to Brown and other leading landscape gardeners of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, such as William Kent, Richard Payne Knight and Humphry Repton. She explores how competing ideas in garden design were shaped both by changes in prevailing fashion and by the innovations of particular designers, and why Brown's designs are currently considered to be the epitome of landscape gardening in this period.
LC Classification Number
SB470
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