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Contents Preface rx: 1. As the Twig Is Bent 1 2. On Buckland and Drawing: First Impressions and Later Observations 25 3. Village and Farm: Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire 71 An Agricultural Landscape 73 Bronze and Iron Age Developments 81 Medieval Loughridge and the Emergence ofWessex 92 Norman Prosperity 97 Architecture in the Landscape: The Great Rebuilding 101 Climate, Ecology, and the Landscape 127 Loughridge at the Crossroads 187 4. Et in Arcadia Ego: Landscape Gardens and Parks 207 Love at First Sight 209 Habits of Mind 214 Longleat 222 Italian Moods, Palladians, and the Landscape 233 Stourhead 257 Lancelot "Capability" Brown 276 The Landscape Movement Spreads 286 Pusey House 292 Buscot House 298 Wardour Castle, Buckland House, and Richard Woods 308 CONTENTS In Conclusion: Beauty Past Change 325 Suggestions for Further Reading 331 Acknowledgments 343 Index 345 viii ...

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