Humphry Repton: Designing the Landscape Garden - Couverture rigide

Phibbs, John

 
9780847863549: Humphry Repton: Designing the Landscape Garden
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ISBN 10 : 0847863549 ISBN 13 : 9780847863549
Editeur : Rizzoli, 2021

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Phibbs is a renowned garden historian with more than 30 years’ experience in the management and restoration of historic landscapes. He is the author of Capability Brown: Designing the English Landscape. Joe Cornish is an award-winning landscape photographer and an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, with a studio and gallery in Yorkshire, England.
 

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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.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Rizzoli
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0847863549
ISBN 13 
9780847863549
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
HACHETTE LIVRE SA
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