Loudon and the Landscape. From Country Seat to Metropolis 1783-1843. 1988. (Yale Publications in the History of Art, 38). 122 figs. XVIII,337 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), designer of England's first publicpark and inventor of the means to construct curvilinear glasshouses,was also the first eminent landscape gardener to address the problems ofthe modern city. His writings, which circulated throughout theEnglish-speaking world, contain his principles of architecture,landscape design, agriculture and metropolitan planning. This book isthe first comprehensive study of Loudon's social, political,environmental, and artistic ideals, showing how they were influenced byhis childhood on a farm in lowland Scotland, his studies andapprenticeships in Edinburgh, his travels to Russia and the Continent,and his interactions with contemporaries such as Sir Joseph Banks, SirUvedale Price, and Jeremy Bentham.