Place-making: The Art of Capability Brown

Place-making: The Art of Capability Brown by Phibbs, John. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781848023567.

Lancelot Capability Brown (1716-1783) is the iconic figure at the head of the English landscape style, a tradition that has dominated landscape design in the western world. He was widely acclaimed for his genius in his own day and his influence on the culture of England has arguably been as great as that of Turner, Telford and Wordsworth. This book for the first time looks at the motivation behind Browns landscapes and questions their value and structure whilst at the same time placing him within the English landscape tradition. It aims primarily to make landscape legible, to show people where to stand, what to look at and how to see.