Author: Kildare Bourke-Borrowes
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ISBN: 9780957150089
Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A diary and collection of accompanying watercolors throw rare light on a hitherto unpublished great garden at an important time in its history Geraldine, Countess of Mayo made an exquisite and extremely important garden in Ireland between l890 and l925, when she had to leave the family estate. The garden was subsequently completely destroyed. Her gardening diaries span more than 30 years. They are brought together here with watercolors of the gardens and the plants she brought from all over the world, evoking a paradise now gone forever. The diaries are a lively insight into the world of gardening at the turn of the 20th century--the problems she faced, the triumphs, and the disasters. The watercolors, done at the time by her father, are immensely accomplished, and because they have never been kept in the light are as fresh and bright as the day they were executed. Lady Mayo is an engaging reporter who was genuinely passionate about her creation and this comes through in everything she writes, while the watercolors, many painted on the pages of her diary, are truly exceptional.
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Category : Horticulture
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Author: Charles John Shore Baron Teignmouth
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Author: Adrian Barlow
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 0718845285
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Kempe offers a radical revaluation of the life, work and reputation of Charles Eamer Kempe (1837-1907), one of the most remarkable and influential figures in late Victorian and Edwardian church art. Kempe's name became synonymous with a distinctive style of stained glass, furnishing and decoration deriving from late mediaeval and early Renaissance models. To this day, his hand can be seen in churches and cathedrals worldwide. Drawing on newly available archive material, Adrian Barlow evaluates Kempe's achievement in creating a Studio or School of artists and craftsmen who interpreted his designs and remained fiercely loyal to his aesthetic and religious ideals. He assesses his legacy and reputation today, as well as exploring his networks of patrons and influence, which stretched from the Royal Family and the Church of England hierarchy to the literary and artistic beau monde. These networks intersected at Kempe's stunning Sussex country house, Old Place, his 'Palace of Art'. Created to embody his ideals of beauty and history, it holds the key to understanding his contradictory personality, his public and private faces. This book will appeal to everyone interested in Victorian art in general and stained glass in particular. Detailed and wide-ranging, Kempe tells a compelling story.
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Author: Gertrude Jekyll
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Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Author: Francis Hargrave
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Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Author: American Poland-China Record Association
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Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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