Red Books of landscape and garden designs

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The Red Books of landscape and garden designs are Humphry Repton’s richly illustrated presentation volumes in which he proposed and visualized improvements to clients’ estates, famously using before-and-after overlays to demonstrate his landscape concepts.

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instanceOf garden design presentation volumes ⓘ
landscape design presentation volumes ⓘ
manuscript books ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Repton’s Red Books ⓘ
associatedPerson Humphry Repton ⓘ
associatedWith English landscape gardening ⓘ
Picturesque landscape movement ⓘ
author Humphry Repton ⓘ
circulation privately circulated to patrons ⓘ
colorOfBindings red ⓘ
commissionedBy British aristocracy ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ
private estate owners ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Humphry Repton ⓘ
currentLocation various libraries and private collections ⓘ
documentType client-specific proposal volumes ⓘ
feature before-and-after overlays ⓘ
flaps showing proposed changes ⓘ
handwritten descriptive text ⓘ
plans and perspective views of estates ⓘ
rich color illustrations ⓘ
genre architectural presentation books ⓘ
garden design proposals ⓘ
landscape architecture drawings ⓘ
historicalSignificance important documents in the history of landscape architecture ⓘ
key primary sources for Humphry Repton’s design practice ⓘ
illustrator Humphry Repton ⓘ
influenced later landscape presentation techniques ⓘ
visual communication in landscape architecture ⓘ
innovation systematic use of overlays to compare existing and proposed views ⓘ
language English ⓘ
material paper ⓘ
medium ink drawings ⓘ
manuscript text ⓘ
watercolor drawings ⓘ
namedAfter their characteristic red bindings ⓘ
notableTechnique before-and-after visualization of landscapes ⓘ
purpose to demonstrate aesthetic and practical benefits of redesign ⓘ
to document proposed alterations to estates ⓘ
to persuade clients to adopt Repton’s landscape schemes ⓘ
relatedTo English country house gardens ⓘ
estate improvement literature ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
usedFor presenting proposed improvements to country estates ⓘ
visualizing landscape and garden designs for clients ⓘ

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Humphry Repton → knownFor → Red Books of landscape and garden designs ⓘ
Kensington Palace gardens (proposals) → relatedWork → Humphry Repton’s Red Books (general oeuvre) ⓘ
linked to: Red Books of landscape and garden designs