Art Out-of-Doors 



ornamental treatment of water, and the im- 

 provement of gromid-surfaces. He must 

 study art as art — for the broad principles 

 which underlie all expressions of human 

 thought by means of design. He must 

 learn something of the painter's aims to lay 

 a foundation for the right management of 

 form and color, and a great deal more about 

 the architect's aims and methods. Then, 

 of course, he must systematically study the 

 art of design as involved in the various 

 problems which his own work may present. 

 And he must cultivate his taste and store 

 his memory by looking very carefully at 

 Nature's finished problems and those of the 

 masters of his craft, while he sharpens his 

 perception of what not to do by analyzing 

 the results of bunglers. 



As he does all this he will find that, while 

 the other arts are useful to him, there is 

 much they cannot teach. Think of color, 

 for instance. When the landscape-painter 

 wants a harmony he need plan for only one ; 

 but the gardener must remember that his 

 colors will alter week by week, and must 

 plan so that the scene which is beautiful in 

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