Main entry:

Williamson, Tom, 1955- author.

Title & Author:

Humphry Repton : landscape design in an age of revolution / Tom Williamson.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books Ltd, [2020]
©2020

Description:

309 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 x 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing Humphry Repton -- 1. Before Repton -- 2. The Shape of a Career -- 3. Repton in Business: Working Methods -- 4. The Public Landscape: 'Character' and 'Appropriation' -- 5. Domesticity and 'Cheerfulness' -- 6. Shaping Style: Influences, Contemporaries, Social Change -- Epilogue: Repton's Legacy -- References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Humphry Repton (1752-1818) remains one of England's most interesting and prolific garden and landscape designers. Renowned for his innovative design proposals and distinctive before-and-after images, captured in his famous "Red Books," Repton's astonishing career represents the link between the simple parklands of his predecessor Capability Brown and the more elaborate, structured, and formal landscapes of the Victorian age. This lavishly illustrated book, based on a wealth of new research, reinterprets Repton's life, working methods, and designs, and examines why they proved so popular in a rapidly changing world"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

1789142997 (hardback)
9781789142990 (hardback)
(ebook)
9781789143003

Subject:

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818.
Landscape design England History 18th century.
Landscape design England History 19th century.
Aménagement paysager Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Aménagement paysager Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle.
Landscape design
England

Form/genre:

Biographies
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309402
Call No.: BIB 254666
Status: Available