The Tudor house and garden : architecture and landscape in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / Paula Henderson.

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Henderson, Paula.

Title & Author:

The Tudor house and garden : architecture and landscape in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / Paula Henderson.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 288 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-277) and index.
The setting -- "A great magnificence in the front": the orchestrated approach -- The greater perfection -- Natural considerations -- The architecture of the 'earthly paradise' -- Ornament and meaning in the garden -- The house and the landscape.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Paula Henderson focuses on 16th and early 17th century country houses in their settings. Investigating the complex relations between Tudor and early Stuart houses and the landscapes in which they were set, she offers new perspectives on some of England's most magical buildings.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0300106874 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780300106879 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Tudor.
Architecture, Domestic England.
Landscape design England History 16th century.
Landscape design England History 17th century.
Architecture domestique Angleterre.
Aménagement paysager Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture Tudor.
Aménagement paysager Angleterre Histoire 16e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic.
Landscape design.
Gebouwen.
Tudor style.
Tuinen.
England.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242068
Call No.: NA965 .H46 2005
Status: Available

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