Sir John Vanbrugh and landscape architecture in Baroque England, 1690-1730 / [edited by] Christopher Ridgway & Robert Williams ; introductory essay by Kerry Downes.
Published / Created:
Stroud : Sutton in association with The National Trust, 2000.
Physical Description:
xiv, 242 p. : ill., facsims., maps, plans, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Vanbrugh over fifty years / Kerry Downes -- Estate management and landscape design / Tom Williamson -- The formal garden / David Jacques -- Fortified gardens / Robert Williams -- Antiquaries, theatre and early medievalism / Timothy Mowl -- Exotics and botanical illustration / Mark Laird -- Vanbrugh's India and his mausolea for England / Robert Williams -- 'After ye antique' : Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor and Kent / Giles Worsley -- Stephen Switzer and water gardens / Judith Roberts -- Rethinking the picturesque / Christopher Ridgway -- Remembering Vanbrugh / Derek Linstrum.
Subject Terms:
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664–1726 -- Influence. | Landscape architecture -- England -- History -- 18th century.