Loudon's stylistic development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11800652 |
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| Authors | Trevor Turner (South Thames College, corresponding author), T H D Turner |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-188 |
| Publication date | 1982-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Garden History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5170 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01445170.1982.10412401 |
| OpenAlex | W1965498584 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) was a man of decided opinions on styles of garden design and the inventor of a most peculiar style of planting design known as the ‘gardenesque’. His views were usually explained with the utmost clarity and supported by substantial philosophical arguments but despite these virtues he has often been subject to misinterpretation. Garden historians have represented him primarily as a horticulturalist who, in so far as he had any views on the art of garden design, showed a preference for Repton's later work. He is also known as the inventor of the gardenesque which is erroneously understood to consist merely in the display of horticultural skill for its own sake.1 In this article a brief chronological survey of Loudon's views on style will be used to show that this conception of his stylistic opinions is mistaken and is based on one late work written in exceptional circumstances
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| Highly cited | No |
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