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"With its many reproductions of line engravings and color photographs, this work is equivalent to many larger printed tomes on English garden history. Capability Brown (1716-83) took the English landscape and turned it into his ideal: large lawns, ponds, and forests in the distance. Nature was simplified in his hands. He changed the course of British estate landscaping and had enormous influence in the United States and elsewhere. Take this little book on your next British trip." -Adele Kleine, Library volunteer and garden writer, Chicago Botanic Garden.
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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. Holding the commercial monopoly on garden design well into the following century, Brown resisted the more rugged topography advocated by Richard Payne Knight's new generation of Romantics.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As is so often the case this Shire book gets to the essence of Capability Brown and Landscape Gardens. . Obviously Dorothy Stroud is THE book to read but if time is short then this book will do well instead. It is nicely produced and not expensive so I would strongly recommend it as an introduction to this interesting character and Landscape Gardens in general.
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This book is a must for anyone wishing to gain an overview of the changing styles of landscape gardening in England. It sheds light on why our historic gardens can be so different but sometimes very similar. Ms. Mayer is clearly very knowledgeable, yet writes in a style which can be understood by non-academics with a keen interest in the subject. The book is also very well illustrated.
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