Humphry Repton : designing the landscape garden / John Phibbs ; photography by Joe Cornish.

Main entry:

Phibbs, John, author.

Title & Author:

Humphry Repton : designing the landscape garden / John Phibbs ; photography by Joe Cornish.

Publication:

New York, NY : Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2021.

Description:

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 287).
Learning on the job. Ferney Hall -- Babworth Hall -- Cobham Hall -- Honing Hall -- Early maturity. Moggerhanger Park -- Courteenhall -- Mulgrave Castle -- The picturesque controversy. Rûg -- Blaise -- Sarsden -- The Nash years. Luscombe Castle -- Changes in taste. Stanage -- Brightling -- The late works. Pentillie Castle -- Endsleigh cottage.

Summary:

"Widely acknowledged as the last great landscape designer of the eighteenth century, Humphry Repton created work that survives as a bridge between the picturesque theory of Capability Brown and the pastoral philosophy of Frederick Law Olmsted. By turns inspired by and in opposition to the grandeur of Brown's estates, Repton's contribution to the British landscape encompassed a tremendous range, from subtle adjustments that emphasized the natural features of the countryside to deliberate interventions that challenged the notion of the picturesque. This remarkable book explores 15 of Repton's most celebrated landscapes--from the early maturity of his gardens at Courteenhall and Mulgrave Castle to more adventurous landscapes at Stanage, Brightling, and Endsleigh that would point the way toward how we envision parkland today. With photography by Joe Cornish commissioned specially for the book, and including reproductions of key illustrations and plans for garden design from the famous red books that shed light on Repton's vision and process, this book illuminates some of Britain's most beautiful gardens and parks--and the masterful mind behind their creation."--Provided by publisher.

Biographical note:

John Phibbs is a renowned garden historian with more than 30 years' experience in the management and restoration of historic landscapes. He is the author of Capability Brown: Designing the English Landscape. Joe Cornish is an award-winning landscape photographer and an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, with a studio and gallery in Yorkshire, England.

ISBN:

9780847863549 (hardcover)
0847863549 (hardcover)

Subject:

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818.
Landscape gardening Great Britain History 18th century.
Landscape gardening Great Britain History 18th century Pictorial works.
Landscape architecture Great Britain History 18th century.
Landscape architecture Great Britain History 18th century Pictorial works.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Agriculture General.
Landscape architecture
Landscape gardening
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Cornish, Joe, photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315791
Call No.: 315791
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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