Gardens of court and country : English design, 1630-1730 / David Jacques.

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 importa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacques, David, 1948-
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Formal gardens > Great Britain > Design > History > 17th century.
Formal gardens > Great Britain > Design > History > 18th century.
Formal gardens > Design.
Great Britain.
Architektonischer Garten.
England.
1600-1799
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:ix, 406 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Formal gardens as a topic
  • The phenomenon of formal gardens
  • Profit and pleasure : the purposes of gardens
  • English garden design : 1630-1680
  • Kingly ambitions : Charles II's gardens and parks
  • Rays from Versailles : English gardens, 1680-1700
  • Queen Anne's years
  • Gardens in the Augustan Age
  • Ichnographia rustica
  • Lost but rediscovered.