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The English Rococo Garden (Shire Library)
Michael Symes
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Description for The English Rococo Garden (Shire Library)
Paperback. Delightful, eccentric, capricious, bizarre - the English Rococo garden, an intriguing branch of eighteenth-century horticulture, was all these and more. This book relates the components of the Rococo garden to movements in art and architecture that had developed in Britain and in Europe, and shows its appeal to amateur designers and owners. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182. New.
Delightful, eccentric, capricious, bizarre the English Rococo garden, an intriguing branch of eighteenth-century horticulture, was all these and more. This book relates the components of the Rococo garden to movements in art and architecture that had developed in Britain and in Europe, and shows its particular appeal to amateur designers and owners. It was an expression of a period in time, following Baroque and neo-Palladian and anticipating Romanticism in its sense of freedom. Most of the enchanting scenes depicted in Thomas Robins' watercolours have disappeared, but there are many garden buildings from the period that survive. The styles which overlap ... Read more
Delightful, eccentric, capricious, bizarre the English Rococo garden, an intriguing branch of eighteenth-century horticulture, was all these and more. This book relates the components of the Rococo garden to movements in art and architecture that had developed in Britain and in Europe, and shows its particular appeal to amateur designers and owners. It was an expression of a period in time, following Baroque and neo-Palladian and anticipating Romanticism in its sense of freedom. Most of the enchanting scenes depicted in Thomas Robins' watercolours have disappeared, but there are many garden buildings from the period that survive. The styles which overlap ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Shire Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747806257
SKU
9780747806257
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About Michael Symes
Michael Symes is a garden historian whose interest developed from literature to real gardens, particularly those of the eighteeenth century. For several years he has taught garden history to adults in university extra-mural classes and has engaged in research which has resulted in a number of publications. His books 'The English Rococo Garden' and 'Garden Sculpture' also appear in the ... Read more
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