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Stourhead
- Henry Hoare's Paradise Revisited
Engelsk Hardback
Stourhead
- Henry Hoare's Paradise Revisited
Engelsk Hardback

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An illustrated history of the landscape garden at Stourhead, created by generations of the Hoare banking dynasty.

Cross the south lawn at Stourhead and enter the leafy embrace of the Shades. Descend through the ancient and rare trees, and as the ground falls away a great lake appears. It is punctuated with classical temples, and a great arched bridge lunges to the other side of the water. Continue on and you will find a mystical, jagged grotto; a gothic hideaway; gods, muses and saints. This is how Henry Hoare – known as Henry the Magnificent – would have approached the garden he designed with Henry Flitcroft. It truly is an English arcadia. Perhaps he imagined himself as a journeying Aeneas, or wished to recreate a Claude Lorrain landscape? This is the history of a unique landscape, created in a misty Wiltshire valley by generations of the Hoare banking family. It follows its evolution, describing how flights of folly, individual flair and tastes, combined with careful stewardship, have formed a national treasure and one of the finest examples of the English landscape garden.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781788543620
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1788543629
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
14 okt 2021
Længde:
33mm
Bredde:
298mm
Højde:
258mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
14 okt 2021
Forfatter(e):
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