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... nature . Frequently it has been stated , or suggested , that art and nature are antipathetic to each other . The aim of art has been claimed to be the interpretation of nature . In this respect the art of the garden occupies a position ...
... nature . Frequently it has been stated , or suggested , that art and nature are antipathetic to each other . The aim of art has been claimed to be the interpretation of nature . In this respect the art of the garden occupies a position ...
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... nature in art , not to lose any evidence of art in the presentment of nature . As Wordsworth wrote : Yet , where the guardian fence is wound , So subtly are our eyes beguiled We see not nor suspect a bound , No more than in some forest ...
... nature in art , not to lose any evidence of art in the presentment of nature . As Wordsworth wrote : Yet , where the guardian fence is wound , So subtly are our eyes beguiled We see not nor suspect a bound , No more than in some forest ...
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... Nature — that is , subject to natural laws - as a forest oak ; but the landscape gardener , by appealing to associations which surround the personification of Nature , holds up the clipped yew to obloquy as something against Nature . So ...
... Nature — that is , subject to natural laws - as a forest oak ; but the landscape gardener , by appealing to associations which surround the personification of Nature , holds up the clipped yew to obloquy as something against Nature . So ...
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