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

by John Dixon Hunt and Professor John Dixon Hunt

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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 antural 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:080183936X

ISBN13:9780801839368

Release Date:August 1989

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Architecture Crafts & Hobbies Criticism & Theory Gardening Gardening & Landscaping History & Criticism Landscape Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Poetry Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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