Williamson, Tom, 1955-

Polite landscapes : gardens and society in eighteenth-century England / Tom Williamson.

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1995.

viii, 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

"Parks and gardens in eighteenth-century England are usually seen as works of art created by individual geniuses like William Kent, Capability Brown and Humphry Repton. But this narrow view wasn't necessarily shared by contemporaries, and Tom Williamson in this thought-provoking book reveals that the aristocracy and gentry, who paid for these private landscapes and lived in them, were motivated by more complex interests and needs." "Landowners had strong ideas of their own about how their property should look and how it should function. The park and garden were part of a working estate consisting of farms and forestry enterprises, and the surroundings of the country house were shaped to suit the requirements of hunting, shooting, riding and other recreational activities as well as to conform to the aesthetic principles of philosophers and landscape gardeners." "Tom Williamson's pioneering study concentrates on the wider social, economic and political implications of these elaborate private landscapes. He emphasizes the practical relationship between the landowners who were demanding customers and the designers who were businessmen as well as artists. In the process he shows how changing fashions in the layout of gentlemen's pleasure grounds were related to broader currents of social and economic development in eighteenth-century England."--Jacket.

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Landscape gardening England History 18th century.
Civilization.
Landscape gardening.
Gartenkunst
Öffentlichkeit
Gesellschaft
Garten
Tuinen.
Sociale aspecten.
Jardins à l'anglaise Angleterre (GB) 18e siècle.
Architecture du paysage Angleterre (GB) 18e siècle.
Paysage Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Park.
Gardens England History 18th century.
Parks England History 18th century.
Landscape design England History 18th century.
England Civilization 18th century.
Angleterre Civilisation 18e siècle.
England.
Grande-Bretagne Conditions sociales 18e siècle.
Gardens Landscape design History
geschiedenis
history
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
tuinen
ontwerp
design
parken
parks
landgoederen
estates
particulier eigendom
private ownership
cultuur
culture
engeland
landschapsbouw
landscaping
renaissance
cultuurgeschiedenis
cultural history
beschaving
civilization
Garden History
Tuinhistorie

History.

Location: Library main 81760
Call No.: SB466.E5 W5 (ID:95-B2771)
Status: Available