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Georgian Garden Buildings - Couverture souple

Rutherford, Sarah; Lovie, Jonathan

 
9780747811015: Georgian Garden Buildings
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0747811016 ISBN 13 : 9780747811015
Editeur : Shire Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Did Hermitages really house hermits? What was the point of a sham castle or Gothic ruin?

Though Georgian garden buildings often seem monuments to rich men's folly and whimsy, in fact they always had a purpose, whether functional or ornamental, and today are valued for their social meaning and their place in the history of architecture and landscape design, as well as often for their sheer beauty or quirkiness.

This overview of Georgian garden buildings examines their place in architectural and landscape history, and explains the purpose and form of individual types in the context of the English landscape garden. It looks at more than twenty types, from arches to towers via columns, grottoes and rotundas.

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À propos des auteurs

Sarah Rutherford is a Kew-trained gardener who began her career at Oxford Botanic Garden. She was head of the English Heritage Historic Parks and Gardens Register and is now a freelance consultant and writer.

Jonathan Lovie is a freelance landscape historian and the part-time Conservation Officer for The Garden History Society. After undertaking post-graduate historical research, he worked for English Heritage on the Register of Parks and Gardens, developing a wide-ranging knowledge of different types of landscapes across the country.

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Éditeur
Shire Publications
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0747811016
ISBN 13 
9780747811015
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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