Main entry:

O'Kane, Finola.

Title & Author:

Landscape design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland : mixing foreign trees with the natives / Finola O'Kane.

Publication:

Cork : Cork University Press, 2004.

Description:

xi, 211 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. 'Securing the grounds and gardens' : Robert Molesworth's landscape of Breckdenston -- 2. The landscape of Castletown house -- 3. 'To mix foreign trees with the natives' : the history of Carton Demesne -- 4. The school at Frescati -- 5. The grand tourist -- Epilogue : the obelisk on the horizon -- App. 1. Transcript of extracts from the source material referring to the planting of Castletown -- App. 2. Transcripts relating to garden equipment and technologies used at Castletown.

Summary:

"A detailed and original study of eighteenth-century landscapes in and around Dublin, of the gardens in the region, and of the aesthetic, political and economic factors which persuaded their owners to create them." "Unlike the architecture of eighteenth-century Ireland, or the familiar paintings of the West of Ireland, eighteenth-century Irish landscape design has received little attention. Finola O'Kane provides a visual history of the demesne landscapes created by the extended ascendancy families of Molesworth, Conolly and Fitzgerald at Breckdenston, Castletown, Carton and Frescati, underpinned by a persuasive analysis of what remains of the original landscapes today. For this reason alone her study will be controversial, given the continuing threat of urban development on these unique and priceless spaces." "Dozens of previously unpublished maps, plans, watercolours and paintings illustrate the research in the book. As a major contribution to the study of the cultural landscape and to European garden history, Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland will be indispensable to landscape historians and garden specialists alike."--Jacket

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

185918362X
9781859183625

Subject:

Landscape design Ireland 18th century.
Aménagement paysager Irlande 18e siècle.
Landscape design.
Ireland.
Ireland History 18th century.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250981
Call No.: BIB 180473
Status: Available