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HUMPHRY REPTON 1752-1818 Invented the term “Landscape Gardener” Repton sought to design lively, human-scaled landscape that united house and garden. Humphrey Repton , page 3 from “ Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening ,” 1795.
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HUMPHRY REPTON1752-1818 Invented the term “Landscape Gardener” Repton sought to design lively, human-scaled landscape that united house and garden.
Humphrey Repton, page 3 from “SketchesandHints on Landscape Gardening,” 1795
“HA-HA”A deep ditch surrounding the grounds of an 18th- or 19th- century English manor house,intended to keep animals out and built to be invisible from the house so as not to interrupt the view.
Humphrey Repton, Tatton Park, before (top) and after (bottom)
Humphrey Repton, “Wentworth,” before (top) and after (bottom)
A.W.N. Pugin, Contrasts, or, A Parallel between the Noble Edifices of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, and Similar Buildings of the Present Day; Showing the Present Decay of Taste,1836“On comparing the Architectural Works of the present Century with those of the Middle Ages,the wonderful superiority of the latter must strike every attentive observer.”
A.W.N. Pugin, Contrasts, or, A Parallel between the Noble Edifices of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, and Similar Buildings of the Present Day; Showing the Present Decay of Taste,1836
Charles Barry, “Houses of Parliament,” London, ENGLAND, 1836-68 A.W.N. Pugin, “Wallpaper Designs for the Houses of Parliament,” 1848
ARTS and CRAFTS MOVEMENTAn artistic movement that was a reaction to Eclecticism and the mass production of the Industrial Revolution Design ideas were: simplicity of form, without superfluous decoration, often exposing the construction
Philip Webb and William Morris, “The Red House,” Bexleyheath, ENGLAND, 1859
Philip Webb and William Morris, “The Red House,” Bexleyheath, ENGLAND, 1859
Philip Webb and William Morris, “The Red House,” Bexleyheath, ENGLAND, 1859
Philip Webb and William Morris, “The Red House,” Bexleyheath, ENGLAND, 1859
Philip Webb and William Morris, “The Red House,” Bexleyheath, ENGLAND, 1859
“THE GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT”Planned, self-contained communities surrounded by greenbelts, containing carefully balanced areas of residences, industry, and agriculture.Ebenezer Howard:“To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform” (1898)and “Garden Cities of To-morrow” (1902)
Ebenezer Howard, “Garden City Concept: The Three Magnets,” 1898
Ebenezer Howard, “Garden City Concept: A Group of Slumless Smokeless Cities,” 1898
Ebenezer Howard, “Garden City Concept: Detail of a Ward” 1898
poster from 1925 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, “Letchworth Garden City,”Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902
Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, “Letchworth Garden City,” detailHertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902
Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, “Letchworth Garden City,” Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902 center square with garden and poplar trees instead of civic buildings
Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, “Letchworth Garden City,” Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902 a central street
Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, “Letchworth Garden City,” Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902 a central shopping street
Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin,“Nothing Gained by Overcrowding – The Value of Perimeter Block Housing,” 1912
Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin,“Bird’s Hill Neighborhood, Letchworth” 1906 (left) and “Pixmore Neighborhood, Letchworth” 1907 (right)
Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, “Rushby Mead Neighborhood, Letchworth” 1912
At the end of this lecture you are expected to have learnt:1. Architectural and social reactions to industrialization2. Different attitudes to nature in the age of the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution