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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...
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picturesque dragonet (Synchiropus picturatus) is a
brightly colored member of the
dragonet family native to the Indo-West Pacific: Philippines, eastern...
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Borrowed scenery (借景; ****anese: shakkei; Chinese: jièjǐng) is the
principle of "incorporating
background landscape into the
composition of a garden" found...
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Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the
Status Quo is the
debut studio album by the
English rock band
Status Quo,
released in
September 1968. It...
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Picturesque Ukraine" Is a
series of
drawings made by
Taras Shevchenko in 1844. Made
using the
technique of etching, the
series was
originally meant to...
- as a
travel writer and as one of
those who
originated the idea of the
picturesque.
Gilpin was born in ****berland, the son of
Captain John
Bernard Gilpin...
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Picturesque Europe was a
lavishly illustrated set of
books published by D.
Appleton & Co. in the mid-1870s
based on
their phenomenally successful Picturesque...
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Picturesque Tourist of
Scotland is a book
published in 1840 by A & C Black. It was
printed in
Edinburgh by
Robert Black. In the book's preface, it is...
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Picturesque Russia (Russian: Живописная Россия, romanized: Zhivopisnaya Rossiya; also
Picturesque Russia: Our
fatherland in its land, historical, tribal...
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focuses on a
young woman of
devout faith, who is
invited to
reside at a
picturesque Italian convent, but
slowly realizes the
terrifying secrets it harbors...