Explores the origins and evolution of Georgian landscape
architecture, a period of innovative and diverse garden structures
in which some of the era's greatest architects experimented with
different forms, styles, and new technology The invention and
evolution of the Georgian landscape garden liberated garden
buildings from the corset of formality, allowing them to structure
much more extensive areas of garden and park. One of the leading
authorities on Georgian landscape architecture, Roger White
explores a genre in which some of the era's greatest architects
experimented with different forms, styles, and new technology.
Covering not just the obvious adornments of parks and gardens such
as temples, summerhouses, grottoes, towers and "follies," the book
also explores structures with predominantly practical functions
including mausolea, boathouses, dovecotes, stables, kennels, deer
pens, barns, and cowsheds, all of which could be dressed up to make
an architectural impact. White examines these structures not only
architecturally but from a functional and cultural viewpoint,
considering questions of stylistic origins and development.
Focussing on the contributions of Britain's leading
eighteenth-century architects-Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor, Gibbs, Kent,
Adam, Chambers, Wyatt, and Soane-Georgian Arcadia provides a richly
illustrated account of a period of innovative and diverse garden
building.
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