The Arts and Crafts Garden
Rutherford, Sarah2013
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A fascinating look at the gardens which were inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement between the 1890s and 1930s. The Arts and Crafts Movement flourished in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, espousing a return to simplicity, craftsmanship and beauty from the artifice and intensity of Victorian industry. While perhaps most famous for its architecture and furniture, garden design was fully encompassed within the Movement and Gertrude Jekyll, Edwin Lutyens, Inigo Triggs and Samuel Elgood were very influential figures. This exploration of the principles of the Arts and Crafts garden explains the inspiration applied from Stuart garden and cottage garden design, the wild gardens with winding paths, the precisely clipped hedges, the formal terraces and the billowing border plantings of bulbs, herbs and climbers. From the most formally clipped topiary to the most informal-looking wild borders, everything was carefully designed, and most often accentuated by gazebos, gateways, sundials, topiary and ponds. This beautifully illustrated book throws open the gates to the Arts and Crafts Garden and gives an extensive list of the best examples of these gardens in the UK.
Main title:
The Arts and Crafts Garden / by Sarah Rutherford.
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Imprint:
S.l. : Shire, 2013.
Collation:
80 p. : 30 MONO; 40 COLOUR ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION: THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT DESIGN AND DESIGNERS DEFINING THE GARDEN: BOUNDARIES AND MATERIALS GARDEN BUILDINGS ORNAMENTS PLANTS AND PLANTING POPULARIZING THE IDEALS : BOOKS, IMAGES, EDUCATION FURTHER READING APPENDIX: DESIGNERS AND THEIR BEST WORKS PLACES TO VISIT INDEX
ISBN:
9780747812982
Dewey class:
709.034
Language:
English
BRN:
1817202