. The art of landscape gardening. size of the window, the thicknessof the walls, and the distance of the spectator from theaperture. Hence it arises that persons are frequentlydisappointed, after building a house, to find that thoseobjects which they expected would form the leadingfeatures of their landscape are scarcely seen, exceptfrom such a situation in the room as may be incon-venient to the spectator; or, otherwise, the object isshewn in an oblique and unfavourable point of will be more clearly explained by the followingdiagram [Fig. 9]. It is evident that a spectator at a can
. The art of landscape gardening. size of the window, the thicknessof the walls, and the distance of the spectator from theaperture. Hence it arises that persons are frequentlydisappointed, after building a house, to find that thoseobjects which they expected would form the leadingfeatures of their landscape are scarcely seen, exceptfrom such a situation in the room as may be incon-venient to the spectator; or, otherwise, the object isshewn in an oblique and unfavourable point of will be more clearly explained by the followingdiagram [Fig. 9]. It is evident that a spectator at a can only see, throughan aperture of four feet, those objects which fall within Theory and Practice 85 the opening b c, in one direction, and d e in the other,neither comprehending more than twenty or thirty de-grees. But if he removes to a near the windows, he willthen see all the objects, within the angle f g, in onedirection, or h i in the other; yet it is obvious that,evenfrom these spots, that part of the landscape which lies Itv. jf) W- E. A betwixt the extreme lines of vision f and h will be invis-ible, or at least seen with difficulty, by placing the eyemuch nearer to the window than is always hence it follows that, to obtain so much of aview as may be expected,^ it is not sufficient to havea cross-light, or windows, in two sides of the room, atright angles with each other, but there must be one inan oblique direction, which can only be obtained by abow-window: and although there may be some advant-age in making the different views from a house distinctlandscapes, yet as the villa requires a more extensiveprospect than a constant residence, so the bow-windowis peculiarly applicable to the villa. I must acknow-ledge that its external appearance is not always orna-mental, especially as it is often forced upon obscurebuildings, where no view is presented, near great towns, 86 The Art of Landscape Gardening and oftener is placed like an uncouth excrescence uponth
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