The English Rococo Garden

This illustrated introduction explores the elements of the Rococo garden, their relation to contemporary art styles and their appeal to designers.

Delightful, eccentric, capricious, bizarre... the English Rococo garden, an intriguing branch of eighteenth-century horticulture, was all these and more.

Most of the enchanting scenes depicted in Thomas Robins' watercolours have disappeared, but there are many garden buildings from the period that survive.

This illustrated introduction explores the elements of the Rococo garden - like flowers, rocks and shells - and investigates:

- their sense of freedom, following Baroque and neo-Palladian styles and anticipating Romanticism
- their relation to contemporary movements in art and architecture, such as Rococo Gothic, chinoiserie and rustic
- their particular appeal to amateur designers and owners
- the principal designers' profiles, including Sanderson Miller and Thomas Wright
- Rococo gardens to visit today, like Hampton Court Palace

The English Rococo Garden is the ideal pocket guide for anyone interested in garden design, landscape art history and the mid-1700s.