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Stowe - The People & the Place (Paperback, 1st)
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Stowe - The People & the Place (Paperback, 1st)
Series: National Trust History & Heritage
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Stowe explores the magnificent landscape garden that is one of the
most remakable legacies of Georgian England and the succession of
extraordinary characters who made it. Created by Viscount Cobham in
the grounds of his family home, the garden came to reflect a
coherent programme of ideas based on Cobham's hugely influential
network of political affiliations. Realised by designer William
Kent, Stowe encapsulates an idealised vision of constitutional
monarchy and political freedom. The garden features a series of
extraordinary and innovative garden buildings, designed by leading
architects of the day, all set in a carefully constructed Arcadian
landscape of valleys and lakes. Cobham's immediate successors
enhanced and extended the garden, naturalising its more formal
aspects and openeing up fresh vistas towards the glorious new house
that they constructged, as well as adding yet more temples and
monuments. The house and garden were sold in l922 when Stowe School
was founded. The National Trust first became involved in l967 and
took over formal ownership of the garden in l989, initiating a
major programme of restoration. Richly illustrated with superb
garden photography, portraits and archive material, Stowe tells a
fascinating sotry of power and personality, and celebrates a
wonderful garden that was inspired by politics and rescued by a
school.
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