Observations on Modern Gardening, by Thomas What - An Eighteenth-Century Study of the English Landscape Garden
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Thomas Whately's Observations on Modern Gardening (1770) is the first and most comprehensive study...
Remaking a Garden: The Laskett Transformed
Roy Strong and Clive Boursnell
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The garden at the Laskett in Herefordshire is always described as the largest formal garden laid out...
The Royal Abbey of Reading
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Reading Abbey was built by King Henry I to be a great architectural statement and his own mausoleum,...
Barry Flanagan: Early Works 1965 - 1982
Clarrie Wallis, Andrew Wilson and Jo Melvin
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The sculptor Barry Flanagan (1941-2009) was best known for his bronze hare sculptures that walk,...
Basic Watercolour: How to Paint What You See
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Watercolour has an anomalous position in the visual arts. Its association with Victorian...
George Stubbs and the Wide Creation: Animals, People and Places in the Life of George Stubbs 1724-1806
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Far more than a fine horse portraitist, George Stubbs was a painter and a printmaker of the highest...
Kenneth Clark: Looking for Civilisation
Chris Stephens and John-Paul Stonnard
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Art historian, collector, museum director and broadcaster, Kenneth Clark was one of the leading...
The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer, 1815-c.1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects
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Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the...
Understanding a Photograph
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John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This...
All Fired Up: Tales of a Country Fireman
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A unique and gloriously nostalgic account of one eventful year in the fire service for readers who...