Irish Demesne Landscapes, 1660-1740

By Vandra Costello

Subjects: Gardens, ireland, Landscape gardening, Architektonischer Garten, History

Description: 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.--