Humphry Repton - Couverture souple

Mayer, Laura

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747812942 ISBN 13 : 9780747812944

Editeur : Shire Publications, 2014

Synopsis

Humphry Repton (1752-1818) ambitiously styled himself Capability Brown's successor: the century's next great improver of landed property.

With his rare combination of skills - he was a talented topographical sketcher with a unique ability to judge the shifting needs of his patrons - over thirty years Repton amassed an incredible four hundred commissions; his famous Red Books, illustrated to help clients visualise the potential of their properties, did much to encourage the appreciation of landscape aesthetics, especially among the rising middle classes.

With colourful illustrations and detailed site investigations, this book traces Repton's landscape designs from Picturesque wildernesses like Blaise Castle to the progressive Gardenesque style of Endsleigh in Devon.

It is both a perfect visitor's guide to the gardens and an introduction to the theory of Repton's work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Laura Mayer holds a PhD in eighteenth-century landscape and lectures on Humphry Repton and Capability Brown for the University of Buckingham. She is the author of Humphry Repton and co-author of The Historic Gardens of England: Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shire Publications
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747812942
• ISBN 13: 9780747812944
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Walk; n.pederzini@terminaldistribuzione.com; ; Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,; Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,; 40057; Italie