File:Grecian-Gothic neoclassical-romantic style-contrast 1816-Repton.jpg
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A Feb. 1st 1816 print (published J. Taylor, London) which exemplifies the contrast between neo-classical vs. romantic styles of landscape and architecture (or the "Grecian" and the "Gothic" as they're termed here). This engraved plate accompanied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Repton" class="extiw" title="en:Humphry Repton">Humphry Repton</a>'s 1816 book Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening.
Marianne Dashwood in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is a famous proponent of the romantic aesthetic, while Edward Ferrars in the same book says "I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles. I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house than a watch-tower--and a troop of tidy, happy villagers please me better than the finest banditti in the world."
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| current | 13:32, 4 January 2017 | | 1,123 × 850 (352 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>A Feb. 1st 1816 print (published J. Taylor, London) which exemplifies the contrast between neo-classical vs. romantic styles of landscape and architecture (or the "Grecian" and the "Gothic" as they're termed here). This engraved plate accompanied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Repton" class="extiw" title="en:Humphry Repton">Humphry Repton</a>'s 1816 book <i>Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening</i>. </p> <p>Marianne Dashwood in Jane Austen's <i>Sense and Sensibility</i> is a famous proponent of the romantic aesthetic, while Edward Ferrars in the same book says "I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles. I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house than a watch-tower--and a troop of tidy, happy villagers please me better than the finest banditti in the world." </p> |
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