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Page 115
... artistic tendencies than Asia . Her more active strain of enterprise and keener curiosity in searching for fresh motives have had the effect of stimulating and quickening the course of artistic movement . The same cannot be said of ...
... artistic tendencies than Asia . Her more active strain of enterprise and keener curiosity in searching for fresh motives have had the effect of stimulating and quickening the course of artistic movement . The same cannot be said of ...
Page 141
... artistic impetus which swept over Italy and the extent of its hold on society . The greatest influence of all was ... artistic use of water was concerned . The passion for artistic creation and ornamenta- tion found in garden design an ...
... artistic impetus which swept over Italy and the extent of its hold on society . The greatest influence of all was ... artistic use of water was concerned . The passion for artistic creation and ornamenta- tion found in garden design an ...
Page 298
... artistic ' is . In 1836 Macready used the phrase , all is chance and raw and wild , not artistic - like ' . Then in 1857 Ruskin spoke of ' artistical ' and the word very soon became current coin in all the discussions on this laboured ...
... artistic ' is . In 1836 Macready used the phrase , all is chance and raw and wild , not artistic - like ' . Then in 1857 Ruskin spoke of ' artistical ' and the word very soon became current coin in all the discussions on this laboured ...
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amongst ancient appeared architecture arrangement artificial artistic avenues beauty became beds birds built canals Capability Brown centre century charm Chinese Chinese gardens cloister colour court cultivation Cut-work cypress decorative delight Dutch effect Egypt England English gardening fact fashion flowering plants flowers fountain French fruit grass Greece Greek green grotto ground groves Hampton Court hedges Helen Allingham herbs hills history of gardening horticulture idea Italian Italy land landscape later lawns lines manner marble medieval ment modern motive nature never ornament painting palace paradise park parterres period Persia Persian garden phase picture plants pleasure Pliny Pope Reginald Blomfield religious Renaissance Roman Rome roses scene scheme scientific seats shade side space spirit style surroundings symbolism taste temple terraces tion topiary tradition trees Tudor period variety VAUX-LE-VICOMTE Versailles villas violets walks walls wild Younger Pliny