Format:
ix, 251 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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21 cm
ISBN:
9781783271023
Series Statement:
Garden and landscape history
Content:
Thomas Whately's 'Observations on Modern Gardening' (1770) is the first and most comprehensive study of what has come to be known as the English landscape garden, often claimed to be this country's greatest original contribution to the fine arts. It became the standard text on the subject; its authority was accepted at home and abroad, and the book was read widely across Europe, mainly in a French translation. It influenced taste and design; taught visitors how to respond to gardens; analysed natural and built elements of the garden; suggested principles of design; and provided descriptions of major gardens of the day, such as those at Blenheim and Piercefield (Monmouthshire), together with the author's responses, aesthetic, mental and emotional. It indicates a taste for the natural and the "picturesque", foreshadowing romanticism. This first modern edtion of the text is accompanied by an introduction and full commentary, covering both general considerations and specific points and topics. Contemporary illustrations have been chosen to illuminate further the gardens and places discussed. --
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis Seite 249-250
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Mit Register
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781782046264
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Whately, Thomas, - -1772 Observations on modern gardening Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2016 ISBN 9781782046264
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Symes, Michael Observations on Modern Gardening, by Thomas Whately Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2016 ISBN 9781783271023
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
Keywords:
Gartengestaltung
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Theorie
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Geschichte 1770
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Gartenkunst
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Theorie
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Geschichte 1770
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England
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Landschaftsgarten
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Gartenkunst
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Geschichte 1700-1800
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Whately, Thomas 1726-1772
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Gartenkunst
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Quelle
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Kommentar
Author information:
Whately, Thomas 1726-1772
