Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England : Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland. Volume 1 /
Clergyman, schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics, William Gilpin (1724–1804) is best known for his works on the picturesque. In his Essay on Prints, published in 1768 and reissued in this series, he defined picturesque as 'a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in...
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1786.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
| Series: | Cambridge library collection. Art and architecture.
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107339019 |
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