Art Out-of-Doors 



slightest right, judged either by their aims 

 or by their results, to be considered artists ; 

 and to-day it is fallen into such disrepute 

 that it is often replaced by ^^landscape-ar- 

 chitect." French usage supports this term, 

 and it is in many respects a good one. But 

 its derivative, ^Mandscape-architecture," is 

 unsatisfactory ; and so, on the other hand, 

 is landscape-artist," although landscape- 

 art " is a good general term. Perhaps the 

 best we can do is to keep to landscape- 

 gardener," trying to remember that it ought 

 always to mean an artist and an artist only, 

 but that this artist is not always called upon 

 to design landscapes, either large or small, 

 or even naturalistic gardens. 



The landscape-gardener, when his title is 

 most appropriate, stands with the sculptor 

 and the painter, in contrast to the architect, 

 in that he takes his inspiration directly from 

 Nature, working after the schemes and from 

 the models which she supplies. But in some 

 respects he stands quite alone. The painter 

 works with actual colors, but with mere il- 

 lusions of form, and the sculptor creates 



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