Landscapes of taste : the art of Humphry Repton's Red books / André Rogger.

Main entry:

Rogger, André.

Title & Author:

Landscapes of taste : the art of Humphry Repton's Red books / André Rogger.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2007.

Description:

284 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm.

Series:

The classical tradition in architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
1. Humphry Repton in his time -- 2. Humphry Repton's position in the history of English gardening -- 3. The Red Book as a genre : form and argument -- 4. The Red Book in context : sources and models -- 5. Reading landscape between drawing and topography : Repton's key principle of appropriation -- 6. paintings recollected : the fate of the picturesque in the Red Books -- 7. The rule of taste in Repton's work.

Summary:

"Humphry Repton's Red Books have long been the subject of scholarly interest for their unique contribution to British landscape discourse around 1800. Illustrated with Repton's own watercolours, the notorious Red Book manuscripts were used to suggest improvements to family estates all over England, Scotland and Wales." "Through detailed analysis of Repton's working practices, Andre Rogger argues that the landscape gardener's main artistic achievement is in the text-and-image concept of his Red Books, rather than in his ground as finally executed. Instead of using individual volumes as a document for reconstructing a particular commission, as previous Repton studies have done, the author presents the Red Books as artefacts in their own right, examining their creative potential as an entirely new genre of landscape appraisal. Linking key issues from nearly all of the surviving volumes, Rogger demonstrates that the Red Books are indebted as much to eighteenth-century travel accounts and drawing instruction manuals as they are to the theory of gardening."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN:

9780415415033 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0415415039 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818. Red books of Humphry Repton.
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818.
Repton, Humphry 1752-1818
Repton, Humphry 1752-1818 Red Books
Repton, Humphry. Red Books.
Repton, Humphry.
Red books of Humphry Repton (Repton, Humphry)
Landscape gardening England History 18th century.
Landscape gardening England History 19th century.
Watercolor painting 18th century.
Watercolor painting 19th century.
Jardins Architecture Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Jardins Architecture Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle.
Aquarelle 18e siècle.
Aquarelle 19e siècle.
Landscape gardening.
Watercolor painting.
Landschaftsmaler
Landschaftsmalerei
Landschapstuinen.
Ontwerpen.
England.
Engeland.
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
tuinieren
gardening
tuinen
gardens
ontwerp
design
tuinarchitectuur
garden architecture
kunst
arts
schilderijen
paintings
geschiedenis
history
engeland
england
Garden History
Landscape Architecture (General)
Arts (General)
Tuinhistorie
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)
Kunst (algemeen)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Classical tradition in architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257419
Call No.: BIB 187912
Status: Available

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