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The author of this scholarly and comprehensive book was involved in the resurrection of Painshill from the first, and has produced a beautifully illustrated volume that is worthy of of its subject. The photography is of high quality and it’s a particular pleasure to see sketches - William Gilpin's urgent pen-and-inks, for example - reproduced so finely. (Country Life )
Includes a stunning selection of photographs and illustrations of the garden's landscape and buildings. (Heritage )
Very readable and accompanied by some highly evocative photographs. (Image Interiors )
Everyone should lose themselves in 'Mr Hamilton's Elysium'. (Homes & Gardens )
An illuminating tour around the crystal studded grotto, Turkish tent, American plant rarities and other features that have influenced generations of garden makers. (Financial Times )
Charts the story of its creation with early prints, paintings and contemporary accounts together with modern photographs. It is a lavish guide to this extraordinary and influential garden, a place for inspired wandering. (Guardian )
Symes is, as usual, lucid on the history and particularly interesting on the Herculean efforts needed to bring Painshill back from the near abandon it had reached by 1970. (Historic Gardens Review )
In an exceptional book, Michael Symes conjures up the highs and lows of Painshill's history with a rare combination of scholarship and readability. (Art Newspaper )
A book for everyone. The general reader can learn about one of Britain's most important landscape gardens. The undergraduate studying art or social history can find a great case study in eighteenth-century culture and taste. And the academic historian who specialises in art, gardens or botany can find detailed discussions of each of these subjects, supported by scholarly references. Project managers should find it interesting too, for the book is an object lesson in how a group of people can succeed in acheiving their long-term goals with careful planning and management, teamwork and volunteer recruitment, and fund-raising. (Cassone )
The quality and depth of the research in this book is striking. Every sentence bulges with historic detail. The book is beautifully composed and illustrated, with both up-to-date images and those made by 18th Century visitors. The book is not only of interest to those who are concerned with Painshill. Many sections provide an excellent basis to a wider appreciation of garden history. Research into Painshill is something of a life's work for the author, a garden historian to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for his teaching, making this book well anticipated. (Garden )
Includes a stunning selection of photographs and illustrations of the garden's landscape and buildings. (Heritage )
Very readable and accompanied by some highly evocative photographs. (Image Interiors )
Everyone should lose themselves in 'Mr Hamilton's Elysium'. (Homes & Gardens )
An illuminating tour around the crystal studded grotto, Turkish tent, American plant rarities and other features that have influenced generations of garden makers. (Financial Times )
Charts the story of its creation with early prints, paintings and contemporary accounts together with modern photographs. It is a lavish guide to this extraordinary and influential garden, a place for inspired wandering. (Guardian )
Symes is, as usual, lucid on the history and particularly interesting on the Herculean efforts needed to bring Painshill back from the near abandon it had reached by 1970. (Historic Gardens Review )
In an exceptional book, Michael Symes conjures up the highs and lows of Painshill's history with a rare combination of scholarship and readability. (Art Newspaper )
A book for everyone. The general reader can learn about one of Britain's most important landscape gardens. The undergraduate studying art or social history can find a great case study in eighteenth-century culture and taste. And the academic historian who specialises in art, gardens or botany can find detailed discussions of each of these subjects, supported by scholarly references. Project managers should find it interesting too, for the book is an object lesson in how a group of people can succeed in acheiving their long-term goals with careful planning and management, teamwork and volunteer recruitment, and fund-raising. (Cassone )
The quality and depth of the research in this book is striking. Every sentence bulges with historic detail. The book is beautifully composed and illustrated, with both up-to-date images and those made by 18th Century visitors. The book is not only of interest to those who are concerned with Painshill. Many sections provide an excellent basis to a wider appreciation of garden history. Research into Painshill is something of a life's work for the author, a garden historian to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for his teaching, making this book well anticipated. (Garden )
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The author of this scholarly and comprehensive book was involved in the resurrection of Painshill from the first, and has produced a beautifully illustrated volume that is worthy of of its subject. The photography is of high quality and it's a particular pleasure to see sketches - William Gilpin's urgent pen-and-inks, for example - reproduced so finely. Country Life Includes a stunning selection of photographs and illustrations of the garden's landscape and buildings. Heritage Very readable and accompanied by some highly evocative photographs. Image Interiors Everyone should lose themselves in 'Mr Hamilton's Elysium'. Homes & Gardens An illuminating tour around the crystal studded grotto, Turkish tent, American plant rarities and other features that have influenced generations of garden makers. Financial Times Charts the story of its creation with early prints, paintings and contemporary accounts together with modern photographs. It is a lavish guide to this extraordinary and influential garden, a place for inspired wandering. Guardian Symes is, as usual, lucid on the history and particularly interesting on the Herculean efforts needed to bring Painshill back from the near abandon it had reached by 1970. Historic Gardens Review In an exceptional book, Michael Symes conjures up the highs and lows of Painshill's history with a rare combination of scholarship and readability. Art Newspaper A book for everyone. The general reader can learn about one of Britain's most important landscape gardens. The undergraduate studying art or social history can find a great case study in eighteenth-century culture and taste. And the academic historian who specialises in art, gardens or botany can find detailed discussions of each of these subjects, supported by scholarly references. Project managers should find it interesting too, for the book is an object lesson in how a group of people can succeed in acheiving their long-term goals with careful planning and management, teamwork and volunteer recruitment, and fund-raising. Cassone
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This very comprehensive account of the creation of an eighteenth century 'paradise' offers well researched and documented garden history by one of its most competent practitioners.
Interesting and inclusive in its narrative, it shows the substantive research that is based on a deep understanding of the contemporary garden designers working during the same period, drawing on other gardens to add further dimensions and comparators to Painshill's artefacts and landscaping.
For anyone interested in art, landscape architecture or gardening, as well as garden historians, this book would be wonderful to find under the Christmas tree.
Interesting and inclusive in its narrative, it shows the substantive research that is based on a deep understanding of the contemporary garden designers working during the same period, drawing on other gardens to add further dimensions and comparators to Painshill's artefacts and landscaping.
For anyone interested in art, landscape architecture or gardening, as well as garden historians, this book would be wonderful to find under the Christmas tree.
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