. The art of landscape gardening. d oneglare of rich foliage, not so beautiful in the painterseye as when the top of each tree was relieved by smallcatching lights: but the most prominent features werethe buildings, the boat, the path, the pales, and eventhe distant town of Reading, now strongly gilded by theopposite sun. [Plate vii.] On comparing this effect with others which I have 90 The Art of Landscape Gardening frequently since observed, I draw this conclusion: thatcertain objects appear best with the sun behind them,and others with the sun full upon them; and it is rathersingular that t
. The art of landscape gardening. d oneglare of rich foliage, not so beautiful in the painterseye as when the top of each tree was relieved by smallcatching lights: but the most prominent features werethe buildings, the boat, the path, the pales, and eventhe distant town of Reading, now strongly gilded by theopposite sun. [Plate vii.] On comparing this effect with others which I have 90 The Art of Landscape Gardening frequently since observed, I draw this conclusion: thatcertain objects appear best with the sun behind them,and others with the sun full upon them; and it is rathersingular that to the former belong all natural objects,such as woods, trees, lawn, water, and distant mountains,while to the latter belong all artificial objects, such ashouses, bridges, roads, boats, arable fields, and distanttowns or villages. In the progress of this work I shall have occasion tocall the readers attention to the principles here assumed,and which, in certain situations, are of great importanceand require to be well Chapter III Water—Its General Treatment—Art must deceiveto imitate Nature — Water at Wentworth described— A River easier to imitate than a hake THE observations in the preceding chapter concern-ing the reflection of sky on the surface of water willaccount for that brilliant and cheerful effect producedby a small pool, frequently placed near a house, althoughin direct violation of nature: for since the ground oughtto slope and generally does slope from a house, thewater very near it must be on the side of a hill, andof course artificial. Although I have never proposeda piece of water to be made in such a situation, I havefrequently advised that small pools so unnaturally placedshould be retained, in compliance with that generalsatisfaction which the eye derives from the glitter ofwater, however absurd its situation. It requires a degree of refinement in taste borderingon fastidiousness to remove what is cheerful and pleas-ing to the eye, merely
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