The Tudor Garden: 1485–1603 - Brossura

Way, Twigs

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0747812144 ISBN 13: 9780747812142

Casa editrice: Shire Publications, 2013

Riassunto

Contrived, colourful and cultured, the Tudor garden was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes and aesthetic effect. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twining plants vying for space with brightly painted woodwork and patterned beds.Renaissance discoveries reared their heads in royal gardens, where gilded and painted heraldic figures mingled with fantastical sundials and glittering fountains. Walls kept out the wild world beyond, while mounts afforded glimpses to new parklands and provided raised platforms for the banqueting houses of the wealthy. Ever-changing with newly introduced exotic plants, yet featuring year-round knot gardens, the Tudor garden was a vibrant pageant, and is given a suitably colourful celebration in this fully illustrated book.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

A brief illustrated history of gardening fashion in the Tudor period.

L'autore:

Twigs Way is a garden historian who specialises in the social and political aspects of gardens and landscapes. Her other books for Shire include Allotments, Garden Gnomes, Topiary, and Gertrude Jekyll.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Shire Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0747812144
• ISBN 13: 9780747812142
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 64