The Figure in the Landscape - Poetry, Painting, and Gardening during the Eighteenth Century (Paperback, New Ed)

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 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.

General

Imprint:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1989
First published:	1976
Authors:	John Dixon Hunt (Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape, Emeritus and)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8018-3936-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-8018-3936-X
Barcode:	9780801839368

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