| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In this year, I researched two landscape gardens and some historical documents in England. Then I investigated the theories of beauty of natural scenery.
Two gardens which I investigated are Syon House by Lancelot Brown, Painshill by Hon Charles Hamilton. I compared the present condition with the original of two gardens.
Concerning document investigation, I translated all text of 'Observation on Modern Gardening' (1770) by Thomas Whately into Japanese.
In the middle of 18th century, Brown made many landscape gardens which had no emblematic elements, but didn't write any theoretical text. So we don't know his gardening theory by his words. However the observation of Whately treats the theory of such gardens as Brown made. In this text, Whately assumes the character of the scenery the most important principle in gardening. The figures and the dispositions of all elements of gardens therefore are determined according to each prevailing character of scenery. The character is direct impression and idea such beauty, greatness and simplicity. To understand the idea of character deeply, I investigated the relations with the empiricism (Lock, Hume), the contemporary gardening theory (Shenstone, Mason, Walpole). In consequence I conclude that Whately's vision of scenery derives from the classical theory of poetics and the empiricism of Lock.
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