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Unique in scope - encompassing every major Brown landscape in the UK, as well as some lesser known and formative locations. Written by the leading expert in Brown's landscape work - unique in that he is an academic expert on Brown and a hands-on landscaper who has worked on the landscapes themselves. Will appeal to English country house audiences.
The definitive survey of Lancelot Brown's famous landscapes and gardens in Britain, published to coincide with the tercentenary celebrations in 2016.
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About the Author
John Phibbs, principal of Debois Landscape Survey Group, is a renowned garden historian and author with more than 30 years' experience of planning and management of historic landscapes, conservation and restoration planning. He set up the Capability Brown 1716-2016 Partnership, and is closely involved in numerous events and committees surrounding Brown's Tercentenary.
Joe Cornish is an award-winning landscape photographer with a studio and gallery in Yorkshire, England. An honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, his photographs have been published in several books, including Scotland's Mountains, The Northumberland Coast, and many National Trust publications.
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In celebration of his 300th year, a definitive survey of Capability Brown's most famous gardens and landscapes in Britain. Widely acknowledged as the most influential landscape designer of his age, Lancelot "Capability" Brown was to England what Frederick Law Olmsted was to America-responsible for shaping the very ideal of the nation's parkland. Brown's ambition was to bring out of a landscape the best of its potential rather than impose his own ideas upon it. His designs are organic, weaving gestures of c
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