Capability Brown : designing the English landscape / John Phibbs ; principal photography by Joe Cornish.

Author
Phibbs, John [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York ; Paris ; London ; Milan : Rizzoli, 2016.
  • ©2016
Description
280 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

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    Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's designs are organic, weaving gestures of colour and perspective into the features that the country already afforded. So natural are his designs, and so perfectly do they complement the houses within them, that for many a Capability Brown landscape is the epitome of the English estate. His gardens and parklands as much as the houses themselves would become icons of British country life. Published to coincide with the tercentenary of his birth, this book illuminates fifteen of Brown's most celebrated landscapes. Including rarely seen archival drawings that shed light on Brown's process, this book serves as a guide to Britain's most beloved landscapes and an exploration of the masterful mind behind their creation.
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    ISBN
    • 0847848833
    • 9780847848836
    LCCN
    2016944206
    OCLC
    939994209
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