Chronology Entry
Year
1771
Text
Walpole, Horace. The history of the modern taste in gardening. In : Walpole, Horace. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists. Vol. 1-4. (Strawberry Hill : Printed for Thomas Farmer, 1762-1771). Vol. 4 (1771).
In the first edition Walpole had caricatured Chinese gardens as marred by excessive artificiality and 'unsubstantial tawdriness' in an early attempt to discredit this putative model for English innovations.
In the first edition Walpole had caricatured Chinese gardens as marred by excessive artificiality and 'unsubstantial tawdriness' in an early attempt to discredit this putative model for English innovations.
Mentioned People (1)
Walpole, Horace
(London 1717-1797 London) : Schriftsteller, Kunsthistoriker, Politiker, Gelehrter
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1999 | Porter, David. From Chinese to Goth : Walpole and the gothic repudiation of chinoiserie. In : Eighteenth-century life ; vol. 23, no 1 (1999). | Publication / Walp2 |
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