{"product_id":"the-english-landscape-garden-by-tim-richardson-9780711290921","title":"The English Landscape Garden","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmooth lawns, glassy pools, cool garden temples, mysterious woodland glades, evocative statuary ... the 18th-century English landscape garden offers a transcendent vision of Arcadia, a world of rich escapism peopled by gods and goddesses, young lovers and dairymaids, poets and philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis sumptuous, beautifully photographed volume celebrates this quintessentially British creation, arguably its greatest artform. It takes you on a tour of 20 of the finest surviving gardens, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStudley Royal\u003c\/em\u003e (Yorkshire), a dreamy valley garden which culminates with a view down and across the ruins of a Cistercian abbey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStowe\u003c\/em\u003e (Buckinghamshire), the great politically motivated garden of its day, boasting the ensemble masterpiece that is William Kent's Elysian Fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChiswick House\u003c\/em\u003e (London), Lord Burlington's experiment in neoclassical architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePetworth\u003c\/em\u003e (Sussex) - of 'Capability' Brown, who eschewed the symbolism of earlier generations but created instead his own powerful vision of pastoral Arcadia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHawkstone Park\u003c\/em\u003e (Shropshire), designed to elicit a thrill of fear in visitors as they traverse rocky precipices and encounter live hermits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding much new research and specially commissioned photographs, \u003cem\u003eThe English Landscape Garden\u003c\/em\u003e is a book to dive into and be transported to an idyllic dream realm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47341237240044,"sku":"9780711290921","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9d60b273373c20a42b1fe99368c2ff8f.jpg?v=1772189769","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-english-landscape-garden-by-tim-richardson-9780711290921","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}