Main entry:

Laird, Mark.

Title & Author:

The flowering of the landscape garden : English pleasure grounds, 1720-1800 / Mark Laird.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.

Description:

xvii, 446 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Series:

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and index.
Preface -- Introduction: Locating the Georgian Shrubbery and Flower Garden -- Chapter 1: The Origins of Theatrical Planting -- Chapter 2: The North American Influx: A Mania for Pines and Magnolias -- Chapter 3: The First Shrubberies: Circuits, Clumps, and Axiality -- Chapter 4: The Role of Exotics in Early Shrubberies Great and Small -- Chapter 5: Flowers in Cones, Crescents, Circles, and Conservatories -- Chapter 6: Flower Gardens Before Nuneham: The Planting Palette -- Chapter 7: The Shrubbery Codified -- Chapter 8: Shrubberies Perfected: Professionals in the Pleasure Ground -- Chapter 9: Theatrical Flower Beds and Flowering Elysiums -- Chapter 10: A Flower Garden of Profusion and Luxuriancy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Places -- Index of Plant Names -- Permissions and Credits.

Summary:

"While this book is primarily devoted to the historical reconstruction of the formal and horticultural characteristics of "theatrical" shrubberies and flower beds, it also aims to animate the world of the eighteenth-century pleasure ground. Mark Laird shows how the unwritten lore of planting design was passed down by generation after generation of gardeners and discusses the interaction of landscape designer, client, nurseryman, land agent, and gardener in modifying and transforming the geometric layouts of previous generations. He traces the development of planting design theory and practice from Batty Langley to Capability Brown and William Chambers, and demonstrates how an English mania for flowering shrubs and conifers from eastern North America helped create the distinctive planting forms of the Georgian pleasure ground." "Laird offers readers a wealth of visual and literary materials - from contemporary paintings, engravings, poetry, essays, and letters to more prosaic household accounts and nursery bills - to revolutionize our understanding of the English landscape garden as a powerful cultural expression."--Jacket.

ISBN:

081223457X (alk. paper)
9780812234572 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardens, English History 18th century.
Gardens England History 18th century.
Jardins anglais Histoire 18e siècle.
Jardins Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Gardens.
Gardens, English.
Bildband
Garten
Landschaftsgarten
Tuinarchitectuur.
Landschapsarchitectuur.
Tuinbouw.
Littérature anglaise 18e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Jardins Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Jardins à l'anglaise Histoire Catalogues d'exposition.
Paysage Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
England.
Großbritannien
Geschichte 1720-1800
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203707
Call No.: SB457.6 .L349 1999
Status: Available