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| The Arcadian Friends | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Richardson
Publisher: Bantam Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 115500
Media: Paperback
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0593060377
EAN: 9780593060377
ASIN: 0593060377
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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landscape legends June 24, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I found this book very detailed and a pleasure to read. The chief exponents of the 'English Lanscape Garden' such as Hawksmoor, Vanbrugh, Kent, Pope, Temple, Bridgeman etc come to life and the political aspects to thier designs which are fundermental to our understanding of early 18th century gardens are made crystal clear. The narrative is very entertaining and full of interesting information. However, certain aspects of garden design in this transformational period seem to be neglected by Richardson as alsmost secondary or 'unimportant' to the developemnt of the English Landscape garden when in reality they were essential to not only thier development but the philosophy that underpinned them. One such aspect is Freemasonry. In reality Masonic ideology and ritual were fundermental to the construction of the English Arcadian Landscape, both as a forerunner of the modern cemetery gardens and to other notable European gardens such as Worlitz in Germany. It should never be forgoten that these garden designers and the artistic elite surrounding them, including Pope, Langley, Swift, Burlington, Thornhill, Garrick, Hogarth, Temple, Coke, Walpole, Coke (and possibly Kent) etc were all Freemasons and this shared understanding had a profound effect on the designs of gardens with thier lakes, grottos, temples and routes of initiation. The idea of the return to a 'Augustan' age through the reinvention of ancient Rome in the desire to legitimise the Williamite and Havoverian succession was indeed important, as was its concentration on mythical heroes, poets, politicians and figures of notable antiquity.
Richardson brings to life the players, the patrons, the symbolism and the motivations behind England's great early landscape gardens at a time when the English Landscape garden was to prove decisive as the greatest contribution to the European 'Enlightenemnt'.
Ricky Pound 24/06/07
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