THE LAWS OF DEVELOPING LANDSCAPE. 



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Landscape. 



natural laws of development forming foundation for beauty. 



In order to plan, build, or lay out, so as to gain due advantages from 

 land and buildings, there are seven fundamental laws, each of which 

 fulfils some special aim, and possesses, within itself, infinite powers to 

 assist the development of impressions of beauty. 



Fig. 167.— Developing Outlines of Scenery from Limitations to 

 Infinite Impress. 



These seven laws are paramount in revealing natural scenery, in 

 showing the sites of observation, how the eyes see, and what to see, so 

 that the powers of admiration may assist the development of ideas. 



Earth's forms and colours of landscape are swayed by darkness and 

 light, radiating for life. Man builds for his own protection and develops 

 lands for his own development, for the life of his body and the life of his 

 thoughts— to gain impressions for his infinite impulses. Landscape is 

 the transformation of silent into perpetual life. 



