The landscape gardening and landscape architecture of the late Humphry Repton, esq., being his entire works on these subjects : ...with historical and scientific introduction, a systematic analysis, a biographical notice, notes, and copious alphabetical index (1840)
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818, Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843 · London : Printed for the editor, and sold by Longman · leaf 587
flection on the surface, and thusincreased the importance of its architecture. Such an expe-dient is beneath the dignity of art, which should display herworks naturally, and without puerile ostentation. Thestraight line in front of a house might be the shortest fromthe house to the road at one… … A c B Those who come from a or b [in fig. 223], will not findc the nearest line to the house : this is sufficient to shew themistake of some persons, who, in all cases, contend for the oldstyle of approaches by an avenue in front. When the oblique line was adopted, and a road broughtthrough the…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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