Irish demesne landscapes, 1660-1740

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Irish demesne landscapes, 1660-1740

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This book charts the history and development of formal gardening in Ireland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and in particular the grand geometric style that was fashionable between 1660 and 1740. It examines the people who created these gardens, the influences that affected them, the materials that they employed and the uses of landscapes interventions.--

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Language
English
Pages
256

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Irish Demesne Landscapes, 1660-1740
Jan 29, 2016, Four Courts Press
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Cover of: Irish demesne landscapes, 1660-1740
Irish demesne landscapes, 1660-1740
2015, Four Courts Press Ltd
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Table of Contents

The political, intellectual and economic background to landed estates
The changing appearance of the Irish landscape in the seventeenth century
Improvement and the culture of improvement
Pleasure garderns
Horticultural improvement
Trees, woodlands and plantations
Botanical developments and the physic garden
Use and control of water in the seventeenth-century gardern
Fiels sports and hunting.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index.

Published in
Dublin, Portland, OR

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
712.09415
Library of Congress
SB470.55.I73 C67 2015, SB451.36

The Physical Object

Pagination
256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates
Number of pages
256

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30856693M
ISBN 10
1846825067
ISBN 13
9781846825064
LCCN
2015458552
OCLC/WorldCat
907005671, 869345254

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