This book examines the fierce debate on the styles and forms of garden design that took place in England c. 1870-1914. Focusing on the wild garden, the cottage garden, the formal garden and the synthesis of the formal and natural styles, Anne Helmreich argues that design principles and debates between designers including William Robinson, Reginald Blomfield, Gertrude Jekyll, and Edwin Lutyens, were indelibly shaped by the quest for a powerful English national identity. She demonstrates how 'Englishness' was purportedly ...
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This book examines the fierce debate on the styles and forms of garden design that took place in England c. 1870-1914. Focusing on the wild garden, the cottage garden, the formal garden and the synthesis of the formal and natural styles, Anne Helmreich argues that design principles and debates between designers including William Robinson, Reginald Blomfield, Gertrude Jekyll, and Edwin Lutyens, were indelibly shaped by the quest for a powerful English national identity. She demonstrates how 'Englishness' was purportedly expressed through the leading styles of garden design and why the garden was promoted as a symbol of national identity. A wide range of cultural practices and institutions, from garden treatises, popular journals, historic preservation organizations, art exhibitions, and two world's fairs, are investigated to reveal how the garden, as a physical artifact and as an idea, circulated widely to produce a unifying national image.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0521592933. Hardcover with dustjacket, a few minor flaws to this clean, attractive copy: the book has a small remainder mark on the bottom edge and a tiny bump to the bottom corners, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has tiny creases at the top corners and mild rubbing on the rear panel, the jacket is also clean and very presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, illustrated throughout and includes a Select Bibliography, "Focusing on the wild garden, the cottage garden, the formal garden, and the synthesis of the formal and natural styles, Anne Helmreich argues that design principles and debates among designers, including William Robinson, Reginald Blomfield, Gertrude Jekyll, and Edward Luytens, were indelibly shaped by the quest for a powerful English national identity"; 282 pages.
Add this copy of The English Garden and National Identity: the Competing to cart. $197.80, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Cambridge University Press.
