European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects (1902)
Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932, Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926, Sturgis, R. Clipston (Richard Clipston), 1860-1951, Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931, Honda, K · Philadelphia, H. T. Coates · leaf 79
67 English Gardens remained practically unchanged tor a couple ot centuries.With the beginning of this century, when taste in architectureand art was distinctly declining towards its final depth in thethirties, there came first, a carelessness for the beauty of theold gardens, which resulted in… … TERRACE AT MONTECUTE in a general perversion of taste which it has taken many yearsto counteract. The reaction from Browns hopeless endeavor to imitatenature and to avoid everything pertaining to formality wasvery quick, and yet it is indicative of the English temper thatit was not a violent swing…
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