Parks and gardens of eighteenth-century England are usually understood as the creations of individual geniuses like William kent, Capability Brown, and Humphry Repton. But this wasn't necessarily a view shared by their contemporaries. Landowners typically had strong ideas about how their property should look and how it should function. And, according to Tom Williamson, other powerful influences were at work as well. In Polite Landscapes Williamson examines the wider social, economic, and political implications of these ...
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Parks and gardens of eighteenth-century England are usually understood as the creations of individual geniuses like William kent, Capability Brown, and Humphry Repton. But this wasn't necessarily a view shared by their contemporaries. Landowners typically had strong ideas about how their property should look and how it should function. And, according to Tom Williamson, other powerful influences were at work as well. In Polite Landscapes Williamson examines the wider social, economic, and political implications of these extraordinary creations. He reveals how the aristocracy and gentry -- who paid for and lived in these remarkable private landscapes -- participated in their creation for a variety of complex interests and needs. More than simply a grand setting for a country house, the park and garden had to accommodate farming and forestry enterprises and serve as a proper setting for hunting, riding and other recreational activities. They also needed to conform to the aesthetic principles of the landowner's favorite philosophers and landscape gardeners. Emphasizing the practical relationship between landowners (who were demanding clients) and artists (who were also businessmen), Williamson shows how changing fashions of landscape design expressed the broader currents of social and economic development in eighteenth-century England. He examines a wide range of properties -- including homes of gentry and middle class as well as those of the nobility -- and assesses the impact of the English landscape garden on the rest of the world. Illustrated with dozens of contemporary maps, plans, and paintings, Polite Landscapes is a book for anyone with a serious interest in gardens, parks, great houses, and the English landscape.
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Octavo; VG/VG Hardcover; Blue and green spine with blue and white text; Light shelf wear to dust jacket; Boards are strong and clean, binding solid; Minor spotting to text block exterior, text block clean; 182 pp This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X. 1308533. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Hardbound book in like new edition, immaculate in black boards with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Full color illustrated dust jacket in mylar is likewise crisp and straight. 182 pp. B&W illustrations throughout text.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 9780750904377.
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Good Condition. Dust jacket is complete but rubbed and worn at edges and corners. Pages free from notes or highlighting. A good used copy without significant flaws. Publisher's note: Fully illustrated with contemporary maps and plans. viii, 182 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; England; Civilization; Landscape gardening; Gardens; Parks; Landscape design; ISBN: 0750904372. ISBN/EAN: 9780750904377. Add. Inventory No: 231102KHAD03048.
