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Book SynopsisThat Ireland is picturesque is a well-worn cliche, but little is understood of how this perception was created, painted and manipulated during the long eighteenth century. This book positions Ireland at core of the picturesque's development and argues for a greater degree of Irish influence on the course of European landscape theory and design.
Trade Review“The two-way flow of picturesque inspiration across the Irish Sea was a complex cultural phenomenon that this study brilliantly illuminates.”—William Laffan, World of Interiors
-- William Laffan * World of Interiors *
Winner of the 2015 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize sponsored by the Foundation for Landscape Studies. -- John Brinckerhoff Jackson * Foundation for Landscape Studies *
Won Honorable Mention for the 2016
Elisabeth Blair MacDougal Award sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians. -- Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Award * Society of Architectural Historians *
