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- ISBN 9781914982095
- Weight: 149g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 28 Mar 2024
- Publisher: Haus Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Garden design in England was entirely reinvented during the eighteenth century. The symmetrical gardens of the French Baroque were replaced by artificial landscapes almost indistinguishable from natural scenery, and this image conceived by English landscape gardeners continues to govern modern ideas of natural beauty.
Hans von Trotha's journey through the history of the English garden introduces twelve of the most important, original, and beautiful parks in Britain. On the way, he explains how the new landscape garden was born of the spirit of political opposition, explores the significance of imitation Greek temples and Gothic ruins, and muses on the relevance of eighteenth-century ideas to our appreciation of landscape today.
Hans von Trotha is a German historian, novelist and journalist who spent ten years as editorial director of the Nicolai publishing house in Berlin. He is regarded as a specialist in the landscape gardens of the eighteenth century. Since then, he has worked independently as a curator, publicist, and consultant in the field of culture, including as a freelance journalist for Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2020-2021, he was a curator of the Moosbrand Music and Literature Festival of the Nantesbuch Foundation. His books, The English Garden and Pollak's Arm have been translated into English.
