The influence seems to have been exerted chiefly in the decorative composition of mass and spa. Painting Various schools of painting have had a profound influence upon landscape design, particularly in England. Less formal than architecture, it may be used to great advantage a. Sculpture Sculpture has always played a very important part in garden design, as well as in almost all types of monumental and public planting. Whatever it may be, it must be useful as well as beautiful in order to fulfil its purpose satisfacto. Architecture Architecture has been defined as everything from frozen music to the art of beautiful building. Elements of Landscape Design At the present time in America people are much more sensitive to their home surroundings, as far as appearances are concerned, than they were thirty years ago. Preface It has seemed to the authors that there is a real need for a book which will sum up, in a compact way, the most definite principles of design as applied to Landscape Gardening. Head of Department of Art, Ohio State UniversityĬountry Place of Professor Charles S. In charge of Professional Course, University of IllinoisĪnd Charles Fabens Kelley, A.B., Assistant Professor of Art.

The subject is, however, presented from a new standpoint and it is hoped that other workers in the same field may make much further progress along the way here pointed out.īy Ralph Rodney Root, B.S.A., M.L.A., Assistant Professor of Landscape Gardening. In spite of much time and study it still seems inadequate. The subject of plant color and the theory of color planting is given to the public with some reluctance. This book is based largely upon lectures offered in the department of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois.

Lighter Than Air by Rodney Charles