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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. Slide 2 Humphrey Repton, page 3 from Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening, 1795 Slide 3 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. Slide 4 Slide 5 Humphrey Repton, Lathom, before (top) and after (bottom) Slide 6 Humphrey Repton, Tatton Park, before (top) and after (bottom) Slide 7 Humphrey Repton, Wentworth, before (top) and after (bottom) Slide 8 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. Slide 9 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 Slide 10 A.W.N. Pugin,Ideal Parish Church in Gothic Revival, 1833 Slide 11 A.W.N. Pugin,Table and Cross, 1850s Slide 12 A.W.N. Pugin, Wallpaper Designs for the Houses of Parliament, 1848 Charles Barry, Houses of Parliament, London, ENGLAND, 1836-68 Slide 13 ARTS and CRAFTS MOVEMENT An 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 Slide 14 John Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1849 Slide 15 William Morris (1834-96), wallpaper designs, 1875-80 Slide 16 William Morris (1834-96), carpet designs, 1875-80 Slide 17 William Morris (1834-96), stained glass designs, 1870s Slide 18 William Morris (1834-96), furniture designs, 1870s Slide 19 Philip Webb and William Morris, The Red House, Bexleyheath, ENGLAND, 1859 Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Slide 24 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) Slide 25 Ebenezer Howard, Garden City Concept: The Three Magnets, 1898 Slide 26 Ebenezer Howard, Garden City Concept: A Group of Slumless Smokeless Cities, 1898 Slide 27 Ebenezer Howard, Garden City Concept, 1898 Slide 28 Ebenezer Howard, Garden City Concept: Detail of a Ward 1898 Slide 29 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902 poster from 1925 Slide 30 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, Letchworth Garden City, detail Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902 Slide 31 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902 center square with garden and poplar trees instead of civic buildings Slide 32 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902 a central street Slide 33 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, 1902 a central shopping street Slide 34 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, Nothing Gained by Overcrowding The Value of Perimeter Block Housing, 1912 Slide 35 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, Birds Hill Neighborhood, Letchworth 1906 (left) and Pixmore Neighborhood, Letchworth 1907 (right) Slide 36 Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin, Rushby Mead Neighborhood, Letchworth 1912 Slide 37 At the end of this lecture you are expected to have learnt: 1. Architectural and social reactions to industrialization 2. Different attitudes to nature in the age of the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution