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03591aam a22004217i 4500 001 F5AF70443F1711E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 007 ta 008 161013t20172017enkabe b 001 0beng d 010 $a 2017431370 020 $a 1848023561 020 $a 9781848023567 035 $a (OCoLC)967858437 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d ERASA $d VA@ $d CDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d GBVCP $d OCLCQ $d U3G $d OCLCO $d NRC $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d AU@ $d TCJ $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a SB470 B7 P45 2017 100 1 $a Phibbs, John, $e author. 245 10 $a Place-making : $b the art of Capability Brown / $c John Phibbs. 246 30 $a Art of Capability Brown 264 1 $a Swindon : $b Historic England, $c 2017. 300 $a vii, 374 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; $c 29 cm 500 $a "National Trust." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-358) and index. 520 8 $a Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-1783) is the iconic figure at the head of the English landscape style, a tradition that has dominated landscape design in the western world. He was widely acclaimed for his genius in his own day and his influence on the culture of England has arguably been as great as that of Turner, Telford and Wordsworth. Yet, although Brown has had his biographers, his work has generated very little analysis. Brown was prolific; he has had a direct influence on half a million acres of England and Wales. The astonishing scale of his work means that he did not just transform the English countryside, but also our idea of what it is to be English and what England is. His work is everywhere, but goes largely unnoticed. His was such a naturalistic style that all his best work was mistaken for untouched nature. This has made it very difficult to see and understand. Visitors to Brown landscapes do not question the existence of the parkland he created and there has been little professional or academic analysis of his work. This book, for the first time, looks at the motivation behind Brown's landscapes and questions their value and structure whilst at the same time placing him within the English landscape tradition. It aims primarily to make landscape legible, to show people where to stand, what to look at and how to see -- $c Source other than Library of Congress. 505 0 $a Machine generated contents note: pt. I The five elements -- 2.Grass -- 3.Silviculture -- 4.Water -- 5.Buildings -- 6.Ground -- pt. II How landscapes worked -- 7.Planting -- 8.Farming -- 9.People -- 10.Fences -- 11.Roads -- 12.Gardens -- 13.Sport -- pt. III How landscape was designed and what it meant -- 14.The determinants of landscape -- 15.The constraints upon design -- 16.The reconciliation of house and setting -- 17.Geometry -- 18.Imagination -- 19.Layers of meaning -- 20.The evolution of the style -- pt. IV The attack on Brown and his defence -- 21.The assassination of Capability Brown -- 22.Towards the ending. 600 10 $a Brown, Lancelot, $d 1716-1783 $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Landscape architects $z England. 650 0 $a Landscape architecture $z England $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Gardens, English $x History $y 18th century. 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 700 12 $a Brown, Lancelot, $d 1716-1783. $t Works. $k Selections. 710 2 $a National Trust (Great Britain) 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240403013332.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F5AF70443F1711E98434DF6697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search