Description
Stephen Daniels frames Repton's life and work in terms of five domains: the road, the county, the picturesque landscape, the aristocratic estate, and the urban periphery. Focusing on the way these domains shaped Repton's career and how he in turn attempted to shape them, Daniels examines in depth more than twenty representative commissions that delineate Repton's social and spatial theory of landscape. The author casts new light not only on the work of Humphry Repton but also on the role of landscape itself in English culture and society.
Published for the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art
About the Author
Stephen Daniels is professor of cultural geography at the University of Nottingham.
Book Information
ISBN 9780300079647
Author Stephen Daniels
Format Hardback
Page Count 328
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 1606g