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  1. An Essay on the Picturesque, as Compared with the Sublime and the Beautiful
    And, on the Use of Studying Pictures, for the Purpose of Improving Real Landscape
    Published: 1794
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Frustrated by what he saw as the over-grooming prevalent in British landscape gardening and associated with the work of Capability Brown, Uvedale Price (1747–1829) published this essay in 1794. He emphasises here the importance of naturalism and... more

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    Frustrated by what he saw as the over-grooming prevalent in British landscape gardening and associated with the work of Capability Brown, Uvedale Price (1747–1829) published this essay in 1794. He emphasises here the importance of naturalism and harmony with the surrounding environment. Providing examples of how certain features in a garden may be improved through adherence to picturesque principles, Price seeks to apply the lessons of landscape painting to the practice of landscape gardening. He also stresses the importance of paying attention to changing light and the effect of shadow. The essay appeared in the same year as 'The Landscape', a didactic poem by Richard Payne Knight (1751–1824), which was addressed to Price and is included at the end of this reissue. Price's Letter to H. Repton, Esq., a supplement to his essay, is reissued separately in this series in its 1798 edition

     

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    Volltext (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781107360532
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: LO 50080 ; LO 61000
    Series: Cambridge library collection. Art and architecture
    Subjects: Ästhetik; Landscape architecture / Early works to 1800; Aesthetics / Early works to 1800
    Scope: 1 online resource (xvi, 373 pages)