{"product_id":"the-english-landscape-garden-dreaming-of-arcadia-9780711290921","title":"The English Landscape Garden: Dreaming of Arcadia","description":"\u003cb\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\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This \u003cb\u003esumptuous, beautifully photographed \u003c\/b\u003evolume celebrates this quintessentially British creation, arguably its greatest artform, taking you on a tour of 20 of the finest surviving gardens, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Studley Royal (Yorkshire), a \u003cb\u003edreamy valley garden\u003c\/b\u003e which culminates with a view down and across the ruins of a Cistercian abbey \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stowe (Buckinghamshire), the great politically motivated garden of its day, boasting the ensemble masterpiece that is William Kent's Elysian Fields \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chiswick House (London), \u003cb\u003eLord Burlington's experiment in neoclassical architecture\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Petworth (Sussex) - of 'Capability' Brown, who eschewed the symbolism of earlier generations but created instead his own powerful vision of pastoral Arcadia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hawkstone Park (Shropshire), designed to elicit a thrill of fear in visitors as they \u003cb\u003etraverse rocky precipices and encounter live hermits\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Including much new research and specially commissioned photographs, this is a book to dive into and be transported to an idyllic dream realm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer who specializes in garden and landscape design and history. He has been gardens editor at \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and landscape editor at \u003ci\u003eWallpaper*\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and was founding editor of both the award-winning gardens magazine \u003ci\u003eNew Eden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCountry Life Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e. He contributes to the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse and Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGardens Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of Phaidon's \u003ci\u003eThe Garden Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanguard Landscapes Gardens of Martha Schwartz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnglish Gardens of the 20th Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArcadian Friends: the Makers of the English Landscape Garden\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New English Garden\u003c\/i\u003e (Frances Lincoln).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Frances Lincoln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877946888466,"sku":"9780711290921","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29289391-cb88-4210-a923-38179320a3ce.jpg?v=1738377423","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-english-landscape-garden-dreaming-of-arcadia-9780711290921","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}