Formal Garden in England

Klappentext This 1892 second edition champions classical, structured gardens in harmony with a house's architecture, challenging the movement towards 'wild gardens'. Zusammenfassung Illustrative of changes in the relationship between architecture and garden design! and the influence of the burgeoning Arts and Crafts movement! this 1892 second edition champions a classical! structured garden in harmony with the design of a house! thus challenging the contemporary movement towards 'wild gardens'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; 1. The formal method and the landscape gardener; 2. The formal garden in England; 3. The formal garden (cont.); 4. The end of the formal garden and the landscape school; 5. The courts, terraces, walks; 6. Knots, parterres, grass-work, mounts, bowling-greens, theatres; 7. Fish-ponds, pleaching, arbours, galleries, hedges, palisades, groves; 8. Garden architecture; 9. Garden architecture (cont.); 10. Conclusion; Appendices 1-3; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Reginald Theodore Blomfield, Blomfield Reginald Theodore
• Assisted by: F. Inigo Thomas (Illustration), Thomas F. Inigo (Illustration)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2013
• EAN: 9781108061407
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06140-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; England, Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History of Architecture, Landscape architecture and design