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Figure in the Landscape: Poetry, Painting, and Gardening During the Eighteenth Century

by John Dixon Hunt
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Aug 1989
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English
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9.03 × 5.97 × 0.71 in
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Eighteenth-century England saw the rise of a "peculiarly English" art form--landscape gardening--and a corresponding change in attitudes toward the natural world. While the French, who lived under tyranny, had a tightly organized, restrictive gardens, the "free" English enjoyed gardens where they were at liberty to wander. John Dixon Hunt examines eighteenth-century letters, literary and critical works, biographies, paintings, prints, and drawings to trace the gradual movement from formal regularity toward a carefully calculated naturalness.

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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
PublishedAug 1, 1989
ISBN-10080183936X
ISBN-139780801839368
Pages292
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9.03 × 5.97 × 0.71 in
Weight1 lb

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