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Informationen zum Autor The late John Anthony lectured in landscape architecture at Nottingham Trent University. His other books include volume 6 in the Gardens of Britain series on the East Midlands (Batsford)! and! for Shire! lives of Sir Joseph Paxton and Sir John Vanbrugh and The Renaissance Garden in Britain in the Shire Garden History series. Klappentext Presents a survey of the development of gardens in Great Britain from their medieval origins in monasteries and castles! through the Tudor period and the seventeenth century when formal designs from France and Holland were prevalent! to the great age of English landscape gardens in the eighteenth century. A complete history of period gardens, detailing the evolution of the plants, features and influences that have shaped them throughout history. Zusammenfassung Presents a survey of the development of gardens in Great Britain from their medieval origins in monasteries and castles, through the Tudor period and the seventeenth century when formal designs from France and Holland were prevalent, to the great age of English landscape gardens in the eighteenth century.
