The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Rising to the position of Master Gardener to George III, his trademark features included bald lawns, clumped trees, lakes and enclosing belts of woodland on the estate's perimeter. With this standard park formula Brown and his followers held ...
Capability Brown and the English Landscape
Według internetowych rankingów, cena tego produkut waha się w okolicach 49 zł. Jak Ty oceniasz ?
- ISBN - 9780747810490
- Oprawa - miękka
- Ilość stron - 64
Najlepsza cena - najtańsza oferta
The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Rising to the position of Master Gardener to George III, his trademark features included bald lawns, clumped trees, lakes and enclosing belts of woodland on the estate's perimeter. With this standard park formula Brown and his followers held the commercial monopoly on garden design well into the following century, resisting the more rugged topography advocated żeby Richard Payne Knight's new generation of Romantics.
- ISBN - 9780747810490
- Oprawa - miękka
- Ilość stron - 64
- Rok wydania - 2011
Dobre i tanie Wynik szukania
-
46,75 złCapability Brown and
Producenta Bloomsbury Publishing
