Tag Archives: William Kent

nature abhors a straight line

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Dave

England’s original contribution to garden art is the landscape park. William Kent was among the first to see that “all nature is a garden.” and his famous dictum that ” nature abhors a straight line.” Interesting in light of linear … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alexander Pope, Capability Brown, Claude Lorrain, English gardens 18th Century, Horace Walpole, John Milton, Kew Gardens Syon House, Lord Lyttleton, Lord Temple at Stowe, Sir William Chambers, William Kent | Leave a comment

AGREEABLE NEGLIGENCE: PLEASURE REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCE

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Dave

There was a time when landed gentry were able to lead a life of extraordinary privilege and freedom. It was the era of the lordly pleasures. Secure in their wealth, confident of their position, indulged by their countrymen, the aristocrats … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Capability Brown, Earl Bathurst, Earl of Burlington, Earl of Orford, George Walpole, Georgian England, Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, Horace Walpole, John Zoffany, Joseph Addison, Lord Bathurst, Lord Rokeby, Pompeo Batoni, Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Gainsborough, William Kent | Leave a comment

YE OLDE LORDLY PLEASURES: HOW SWEET IT IS

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Dave

And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green And was the holy lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen And did the countenance divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here … Continue reading →