Susan Haynes

Charles Bridgeman (C.1685-1738)

A Landscape Architect of the Eighteenth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of the garden plans of eighteenth-century landscape architect Charles Bridgeman, shedding light on his artistic vision and contributions to English garden history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781837651177
• ISBN-10: 1837651175
• Artikelnr.: 68290453

Autorenporträt

SUSAN HAYNES is a retired teacher with a PhD in Landscape History from the University of East Anglia. Her principal interest is seventeenth- and eighteenth-century garden history.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction
1. Who was Charles Bridgeman? 2. Towards a reliable corpus 3. A revised
catalogue 4. Reading the plans 5. The art-historical context revisited 6.
The 'ingenious Mr Bridgeman' 7. Building a landscape 8. A commercial
enterprise Conclusion Appendix I A summary of Willis's catalogue from
Charles Bridgeman and the EnglishLandscape Garden Appendix II A Revised
Catalogue Appendix III Bridgeman's projects by year Appendix IV Bridgeman's
income Gazetteer of Bridgeman sites Glossary Bibliography Index