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Picturesque is an aesthetic ideal introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin in Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, etc. Relative Chiefly to Picture
A view of the Roman Campagna from Tivoli, evening by Claude Lorrain, 1644–1645
The Chancel and Crossing of Tintern Abbey, Looking towards the East Window by J. M. W. Turner, 1794
An Artist Studying from Nature by Claude Lorrain 1639
Villa Doria park in Albano Laziale
William Gilpin (priest)
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William Gilpin was an English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. He is most notable as a travel writer and as one of those who originated the idea of the picturesque.
Picturesque
…Picturesque is an aesthetic ideal introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin in Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, etc. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; made in the Summer of the Year 1770…
Penrith Castle in 1772 from Gilpin's book on Cumberland and Westmoreland.
John Constable's paintings embody the picturesque ideals.
William Gilpin by Henry Walton