A text which describes the contribution made to the European heritage by the gardens and parks of the Georgian period, one of the most important in British garden history.

Georgian Gardens: The Reign of Nature

Jacques, David

Arts & Photography

Yale University Press

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.

Gardens of Court and Country: English Design 1630-1730

History & Criticism

Paul Mellon Centre

Landscape Modernism Renounced: The Career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979)

Before the Second World War landscape architect Christopher Tunnard was the first author on Modernism in Landscape in the English language, but later became alarmed by the destructive forces of Post-war reconstruction. Between the 1950s and the 1970s he was in the forefront of the movement to save the city, becoming an acclaimed author sympathetic to preservation.  Ironically it was the Modernist ethos that he had so fervently advocated before the war that was the justification for the dismemberment of great cities by officials, engineers and planners. This was not the first time that Tunnard had to re-evaluate his principles, as he had done so in the 1930s in rejecting Arts-and-Crafts in favour of Modernism. This book tracks his changing ideology, by reference to his writings, his colleagues and his work. Christopher Tunnard is one of the most influential figures in Landscape Architecture and his journey is one that still resonates in the discipline today. His leading role in first embracing the tenets of Modernism and then moving away from to embrace a more conservationist approach can be seen in the success and impact on the profession of those with whom he worked and taught.

Biographies & Memoirs

Woudstra, Jan

Community & Culture

Routledge

Learning in Groups

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

JACQUES, D.: GEORGIAN GARDENS. THE REIGN OF NATURE [HARDBACK]. , 1983, 240 p. figuras.Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Georgian gardens: The reign of nature

Architecture

B.T. Batsford

Georgian Gardens: The Reign of Nature (Uniform with Victorian Gardens and Mediaeval Gardens)

History

Europe

Chrysalis Books

Book by Jacques, David, Van Der Horst, Arend Jan, Allan, Helen, Koppens, Ar

The Gardens of William and Mary

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Allan, Helen

Van Der Horst, Arend Jan

Koppens, Ar

Gardening & Landscape Design

Helm

Timber Pr

Review\n"It is a very detailed, meticulously researched and annotated book, full of the most beautiful drawings, paintings and photographs." 
The Chiswick Calendar Newsletter\nThe grounds at Chiswick House are amongst the most iconic of all the historic gardens of Europe. In the 1720s they reflected Lord Burlington's innovative ideas on Palladianism and antique gardens, whilst the area transformed by William Kent to give a rustic appearance in the early 1730s has been recognised as one of, or perhaps the, birthplace of the landscape garden. The grounds were periodically brought to the forefront of taste, reaching another high point as the venue for spectacular garden parties under the 6th Duke of Devonshire. As a garden of many periods it has given rise to passionate national debates since World War II on the principles of restoration, and as a public park it has been an important project assisted by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Its renewed high state of keeping and its tranquil beauty belies its 'deep' history of intellectual debate, social tensions and practical difficulties.\nThe book concentrates on the four main periods when Chiswick gardens were in the national spotlight, two when being in the forefront of taste and two concerning the restorations, the first being in the 1950s when the whole question of garden restoration was entirely new. The second restoration, on and off since 1988 intersects with the development of a philosophical stance and national policy on the restoration of parks and gardens.\nThere is much of interest for art and architectural historians, garden historians, social historians and those local and international visitors who enjoy the finest public park in West London.

Chiswick House Gardens: 300 years of creation and re-creation

Historic England

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