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The English Landscape Garden in Europe
Michael Symes
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Description for The English Landscape Garden in Europe
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, 117. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 246 x 12. Weight in Grams: 524.
This book provides an overview of the extent to which the 18th-century English Landscape Garden spread through Europe and Russia. While this type of garden acted widely as an inspiration, it was not slavishly copied but adapted to local conditions, circumstances and agendas. A garden `in the English style' is commonly used to denote a landscape garden in Europe, while the term `landscape garden' is used for layouts that are naturalistic in plan and resemble natural scenery, though they might be highly contrived and usually large in scale. The landscape garden ... Read more
This book provides an overview of the extent to which the 18th-century English Landscape Garden spread through Europe and Russia. While this type of garden acted widely as an inspiration, it was not slavishly copied but adapted to local conditions, circumstances and agendas. A garden `in the English style' is commonly used to denote a landscape garden in Europe, while the term `landscape garden' is used for layouts that are naturalistic in plan and resemble natural scenery, though they might be highly contrived and usually large in scale. The landscape garden ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Historic England Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Swindon, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848023574
SKU
V9781848023574
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Ref
99-50
About Michael Symes
Michael Symes is an author, lecturer and garden historian. He specialises in 18th-century gardens in Britain and in continental Europe.
Reviews for The English Landscape Garden in Europe
A perfect read for a gardener with a love of garden history, it is full of facts, describing garden features of note that can still be seen on the continent today and that reflect the Brownite style.
The English Garden Magazine, Spring 2016
The English Garden Magazine, Spring 2016