{"product_id":"9780711290921","title":"The English Landscape Garden : Dreaming of Arcadia","description":"Author(s): Richardson, Tim, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 31\/10\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 320 pages, 300+ colour photos, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Frances Lincoln, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Quarto Publishing PLC, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: England\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 258 x 321 x 35mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 2116g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780711290921\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmooth lawns, glassy pools, cool garden temples, mysterious woodland glades, evocative statuary ... the 18th-century English landscape garden offers a transcendent vision of Arcadia, a world of rich escapism peopled by gods and goddesses, young lovers and dairymaids, poets and philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sumptuous, beautifully photographed volume celebrates this quintessentially British creation, arguably its greatest artform, taking you on a tour of 20 of the finest surviving gardens, including:Studley Royal (Yorkshire), a dreamy valley garden which culminates with a view down and across the ruins of a Cistercian abbeyStowe (Buckinghamshire), the great politically motivated garden of its day, boasting the ensemble masterpiece that is William Kent’s Elysian FieldsChiswick House (London), Lord Burlington’s experiment in neoclassical architecturePetworth (Sussex) – of ‘Capability’ Brown, who eschewed the symbolism of earlier generations but created instead his own powerful vision of pastoral ArcadiaHawkstone Park (Shropshire), designed to elicit a thrill of fear in visitors as they traverse rocky precipices and encounter live hermitsIncluding much new research and specially commissioned photographs, this is a book to dive into and be transported to an idyllic dream realm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51774138646906,"sku":"9780711290921","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780711290921_a3a4c189-b7c4-422e-b97f-afda654d7928.jpg?v=1732563361","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780711290921","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}