Theory of Gardens
Jean-Marie Morel (1728-1810), a leading French landscape designer and theorist, is now mainly remembered as the author of one of the fundamental eighteenth-century texts in the history of landscape…
Specifikacia Theory of Gardens
Jean-Marie Morel (1728-1810), a leading French landscape designer and theorist, is now mainly remembered as the author of one of the fundamental eighteenth-century texts in the history of landscape architecture the Th orie des jardins (1776; second edition, 1802). With his background as an engineer, Morel also played an instrumental role in shaping the profession of landscape architecture, opening up a new professional domain by coining the term architecte-paysagiste, the precursor to the modern designation "landscape architect."Morel stands out among eighteenth-century theorists because of his interest in the natural processes that underlie the formation of landscape. His unique theoretical contribution was, therefore, an attempt to develop an approach to garden design grounded in the new understanding of natural processes, which brought together picturesque