“This book illustrates the principal gardens and garden architecture attached to country houses during the first half of the 18th century and relates them to the revolution of ideas that in England was then transforming gardens into landscapes. While early Georgian buildings have received much study- including the authors volume in the English Country Houses series to which this book is complementary - the garden scenery designed for their setting has been less appreciated than the ensuing phase of pure landscape.”
“Yet such majestic compositions as Stowe and Castle Howard, Cirencester Park and Studley Royal gardens, in which Vanbrugh and Colin Campbell, Bridgeman and Kent, developed the theories of Addison and Pope, have much more to give us both visually and historically. As here assembled they reveal a succession of great works of art which are among England's outstanding contributions to Western culture.” Christopher Hussey (1899–1970) was a prominent British architectural historian and garden writer, best known for his long association with Country Life magazine, where he served as editor from 1933 to 1940. He is regarded as a "doyen" of English architectural historians, having significantly influenced the 20th-century understanding of British domestic architecture and landscape design.” (Publisher’s text)
Title: English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750
Author: Christopher Hussey
Publisher: Country Life Limited, London
Publication Date: 1967
Format: hardcover with dust jacket
Images: illustrated in b/w
Pages: 174 pp.
Language: English
Condition: very good. With the ownership inscription of Allan Hart, Richmond, 1970
Provenance: The library of British landscape designer, Allan Hart, A.L.I., M.I.Hort., Dip.Ld.(UCL), Dip.IPRA
Stock Number: RB05246 AH
“This book illustrates the principal gardens and garden architecture attached to country houses during the first half of the 18th century and relates them to the revolution of ideas that in England was then transforming gardens into landscapes. While early Georgian buildings have received much study- including the authors volume in the English Country Houses series to which this book is complementary - the garden scenery designed for their setting has been less appreciated than the ensuing phase of pure landscape.”
“Yet such majestic compositions as Stowe and Castle Howard, Cirencester Park and Studley Royal gardens, in which Vanbrugh and Colin Campbell, Bridgeman and Kent, developed the theories of Addison and Pope, have much more to give us both visually and historically. As here assembled they reveal a succession of great works of art which are among England's outstanding contributions to Western culture.” Christopher Hussey (1899–1970) was a prominent British architectural historian and garden writer, best known for his long association with Country Life magazine, where he served as editor from 1933 to 1940. He is regarded as a "doyen" of English architectural historians, having significantly influenced the 20th-century understanding of British domestic architecture and landscape design.” (Publisher’s text)
Title: English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750
Author: Christopher Hussey
Publisher: Country Life Limited, London
Publication Date: 1967
Format: hardcover with dust jacket
Images: illustrated in b/w
Pages: 174 pp.
Language: English
Condition: very good. With the ownership inscription of Allan Hart, Richmond, 1970
Provenance: The library of British landscape designer, Allan Hart, A.L.I., M.I.Hort., Dip.Ld.(UCL), Dip.IPRA
Stock Number: RB05246 AH
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