Lancelot Brown
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Arts, Architecture
- Subcategories: Architects, Plants, Botany, Horticulture
- Curriculum: British History, 18th Century European History
Article abstract: Building on the pioneering work of William Kent, Brown brought to perfection the “natural” school of landscaping. This school, using only trees, water, and lawns, sought to transform the estates of the English gentry into vast prospects which, while appearing to be the work of nature, were meant to be superior, aesthetically, to anything nature could do.
Early Life
Lancelot Brown’s nickname, “Capability,” came from his habit of speaking, as he rode his horse over an estate, of its “capabilities” for improvement under his...
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