Capability brown and the english landscape garden
Auteur :
Mayer, Laura
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9780747810490
Date de publication :
10 juil. 2011
Dimensions :
20,8 x 14,8 x 0,6 cm
Poids :
165 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback.