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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
Jan Siberechts

(1627–1703)
Flemish landscape painter who came to England frorm Antwerp in 1674 and pioneered the style of high-angle bird's-eye view which could display in impressive detail the mansion, garden and receding estate of a rich patron. The precision of Siberechts and his followers was ideally suited to the prevailing fashion for geometrical patterns in *landscape gardening. The aerial perspective meant that the patron's carriages and retainers could also be prominently displayed in the foreground without blocking the view of the mansion.
 








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