british and irish archaeological bibliography
Landscape gardens in West Yorkshire, 1680–1880
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242; pls; figs; refs
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1990
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0 901869 32 5
Abstract:
A survey of landscape gardens, backed by documentary evidence, looking at their development and social context. The author begins by looking at West Yorkshire and its people in the early eighteenth century and the aesthetics of fomality versus naturalism; the surviving remnants of the formal gardens of the seventeenth and eighteenth century in the area are described, along with the earliest examples of landscape gardens. The development of landscape gardens as an art form is described, including examples by 'Capability' Brown and Richard Woods. The author also reviews the development of the form on small estates and through embellishment of the agricultural landscape to produce a 'ferme ornee'. The treatment of water, woodland, pathways and structural features is considered, as well as differences in design standards and the destruction of old formal gardens. The author goes on to look at the role of the picturesque, including alteration of pre-existing features and use of artificial ruins. The work of Humphrey Repton is considered in detail. The impact of the physical encroachment of industry on the landscape and the influence of industrial wealth in the nineteenth century are examined, along with nineteenth-century innovations such as the terrace and the development of historical associations and of the romantic. The author considers the role of the nineteenth-century middle class, the different requirements of this new group, and the influence of the gothic revival. The survey concludes with a look at non-landscape features and a detailed listing of designers, gardeners and works. Dodds, Damaris
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