Item Number: 143280 Title: Gardens of Court and Country : English Design 1630-1730 Author: Jacques, David Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780300222012 Description: New Haven: Yale University Press, in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2017. 28cm., hardcover, 416pp., 150 color, 150 b&w illus. Summary: Gardens of Court and Country provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the English formal garden from 1630 to 1730. Often overshadowed by the English landscape garden that became fashionable later in the 18th century, English formal gardens of the 17th century displayed important design innovations that reflected a broad rethinking of how gardens functioned within society. With insights into how the Protestant nobility planned and used their formal gardens, the domestication of the lawn, and the transformation of gardens into large rustic parks, David Jacques explores the ways forecourts, flower gardens, bowling greens, cascades, and more were created and reimagined over time. This handsome volume includes 300 illustrations – including plans, engravings, and paintings – that bring lost and forgotten gardens back to life.
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